001_Necropolis_180506a.JPG.jpg Westminster Bridge Road. Facade of the Necropolis Company's London terminus. 18th May 2006. OS: TQ310795 003_Necropolis_180506d.JPG.jpg Westminster Bridge Road. Offices inside the entrance. The station was extensively damaged by an air raid in 1941 and never reopened. 18th May 2006. OS: TQ310795 002_Necropolis_180506b.JPG.jpg Westminster Bridge Road. Detail on the station entrance. The station had two platforms, various private waiting rooms, a chapel and mortuaries. 18th May 2006. OS: TQ310795 004_Necropolis_180506e.jpg Westminster Bridge Road. Seen from the entrance, the car is parked in the glass-covered driveway that led to the now demolished platforms. 18th May 2006. OS: TQ310795 107_Brookwood_061206a.JPG.jpg Section of track and plaque behind the main line station. It was nice of Network Rail to donate the track but it is a pity they could not have found some more appropriate bull-head rail. 6th December 2006. OS: SU952569 108_Brookwood_061206b.JPG.jpg After passing the station building the line started to curve away into the cemetery. 6th December 2006. OS: SU952569 111a_Brookwood_061206d.JPG.jpg As it curves southward through the cemetery the line passes over a low embankment which is now the most obvious surviving part of the line. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 120_Brookwood_061206e.JPG.jpg The trackbed running through the Nonconformist section of the cemetery, looking south towards Cemetery Pales. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 119_Brookwood_061206f.JPG.jpg The trackbed between the North Station and Cemetery Pales has been made into one of the Necropolis access paths. Its former use has been commemorated however. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 113_Brookwood_061206g.JPG.jpg View back towards the junction from where Long Avenue crosses the trackbed. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 114_Brookwood_061206h.JPG.jpg North Station. The surviving platform face seen from the north end. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 115_Brookwood_061206i.JPG.jpg North Station. The platform face seen from the south end. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 122_Brookwood_061206j.JPG.jpg Trackbed looking south from the same point, half way between North Station and Cemetery Pales. 6th December 2006. OS: SU954567 121_Brookwood_061206k.JPG.jpg Trackbed looking north about half way between North Station and the Cemetery Pales crossing. 6th December 2006. OS: SU954567 123_Brookwood_061206l.JPG.jpg Looking north from near the Cemetery Pales crossing. 6th December 2006. OS: SU955567 116_Brookwood_061206m.JPG.jpg North Station. The site of the platform and buildings. The line of small trees marks the platform edge. The station was demolished in the 1960s after an outbreak of dry rot. The site now forms part of the Muslim section of the cemetery. 6th December 2006. OS: SU953568 112_Brookwood_061206n.JPG.jpg Looking across the line showing the height of the embankment. 6th December 2006OS: SU953568 110_Brookwood_061206o.JPG.jpg View back towards the junction as the line curves away from the main line alignment. 6th December 2006. OS: SU952569 109a_Brookwood_061206p.JPG.jpg Looking back along the course of the line towards the passing loop behind the main line station. 6th December 2006. OS: SU952569 105_Brookwood_061206q.JPG.jpg At it approaches the rear of the down side station building the trackbed reaches natural ground level. 6th December 2006. OS: SU951569 104_Brookwood_061206r.JPG.jpg A collection of SR concrete huts near the junction. 6th December 2006. OS: SU949568 103_Brookwood_061206s.JPG.jpg The trackbed descends fairly sharply as it passes behind the station. 6th December 2006. OS: SU949568 100_Brookwood_061206t.JPG.jpg The trackbed behind the down main line platform at Brookwood, looking towards the junction. This section was a double track loop. 6th December 2006. OS: SU949568 102_Brookwood_061206u.JPG.jpg The trackbed looking towards the Necropolis from the same spot behind the main line station. 6th December 2006. OS: SU949568 106_Brookwood_061205v.JPG.jpg The line passed directly behind the back of the down side platform building - view looking back towards the junction along the former passing loop. 6th December 2006. OS: SU952569 998_Brookwood_Map_bmp.jpg An old map of the line at Brookwood. The LSWR station is marked "1", the North Station marked "2" and the South Station marked "3". The Cemetery Pales road runs diagonally across the line. [Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service (see links) with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey] 099_Brookwood_031207a.JPG.jpg Moving to the Brookwood end of the line, this is the view towards the Necropolis/LSWR junction from the end of the platforms of the LSWR station. Quite why the line was designed with this awkward reversal is not clear. 3rd December 2007. OS: SO950569 109b_Brookwood_031207c.JPG.jpg Looking towards the passing loop from the cemetery entrance. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU952569 111b_Brookwood_031207e.JPG.jpg The foot-high laurel hedges that lined the trackbed now enclose it completely. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU953568 117_Brookwood_031207f.JPG.jpg North Station. The distinctive curved southern end of the platform. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU953568 118_Brookwood_031207g.JPG.jpg North Station. The steps at the south end of the platform are still just visible in the undergrowth. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU953568 124_Brookwood_031207i.JPG.jpg Looking south towards the Cemetery Pales level crossing. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU955567 999_Brookwood.jpg Extract from the current OS 1:25000 map of the area. The stations are marked 1,2 & 3 as per the previous map. 005_Necropolis_Terminus.jpg Satellite view of the Westminster Bridge Road terminus. Only the frontage and office block remains but the extent of the former building has been marked. (Image courtesy of Google Earth). 125_Brookwood_031207j.JPG.jpg The site of the Cemetery Pales level crossing looking north. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU956566 126_Brookwood_031207k.JPG.jpg The site of the Cemetery Pales level crossing looking south. The sign is approximately on the centre line of the trackbed. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU956566 127_Brookwood_031207l.JPG.jpg Beyond the Cemetery Pales level crossing the route passes through what is now the Ismaili Cemetery. Some buildings have been constructed on the formation here as can be seen from this view looking south along the trackbed. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU957566 128_Brookwood_031207m.JPG.jpg The trackbed looking north in the Anglican section of the cemetery. The overgrown remains of the left hand laurel hedge remain but the right hand one has been removed. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU958565 129_Brookwood_031207n.JPG.jpg The course of the line looking south in the Anglican section of the cemetery. The trackbed is very slightly raised from the surrounding ground level. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU958565 130_Brookwood_031207o.JPG.jpg The site of the St Andrew's Avenue crossing with the Keith mausoleum in the background. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU959565 131_Brookwood_031207p.JPG.jpg Looking towards the South Station from the St Anderew's Avenue crossing. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU959565 132_Brookwood_031207q.JPG.jpg South Station. The station site seen from the trackbed. The building was built on the platform in 2007 and will provide accommodation for the St Edward Brotherhood. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU960565 133_Brookwood_031207r.JPG.jpg South Station. Detail of the recently restored platform. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU960565 135_Brookwood_031207s.JPG.jpg South Station. Looking towards the platform from the site of the northern wing of the station building. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU960565 134_Brookwood_031207t.JPG.jpg South Station. the view from the non-platform side showing the new building. The original building was bady damaged by fire in the early 1970s and was subsequently demolished. 3rd September 2007. OS: SU960565 136_Brookwood_031207u.JPG.jpg South Station. One of the two Church of England chapels which now serves as living accommodation for the St Edward Brotherhood. 3rd December 2007. OS: SU960535