位于伦敦滑铁卢车站，一辆火车缓缓驶出，但火车里头坐着的不是活人，而是一具具尸体！

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath… When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary t
ime and not look at me with your mocking smile… I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to
dress well… to confront life… When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me 45have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it， do not become nervous…　 as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath… When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary t
ime and not look at me with your mocking smile… I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to
dress well… to confront life… When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me 45have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it， do not become nervous…　 as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…

这辆火车将驶向萨里，终点站是一座公墓，据说每年运输的尸体可达2千具。
19世纪中叶，霍乱袭击了全欧洲。当时医疗背景落后，死亡率急速上升，在英国夺去13万条生命。
每天从伦敦病院推出大批死于霍乱的尸体，使得城内的墓地不堪负荷，墓地价格直线狂飙，造成穷困家庭已到“死不起”的地步。
伦敦政府为解决无从埋葬的情况，只好另外在伦敦的西南区布鲁克伍德开辟新的公墓，占地达1500公顷，成为当时全世界最大的墓地。
但是如何将这些尸体从伦敦送往96公里之外的公墓呢？当时伦敦最盛行的交通方式还是马车，但路途遥远，光靠马车不可能达成，伦敦政府最终成立这辆“尸体列车”。
大批的尸体会先存放在车站附近的隧道中，“尸体列车”将尸体安置于列车后，一路驶向终点布鲁克伍德公墓。
从起点至终点，全程约为40分钟，中间不停靠，伦敦政府特别让列车经过一段优美宁静的景色，陪伴逝者走过一段美丽且安逸的旅程。
有人说这是英国最恐怖的路线，但也有人说，既然它被选为陪伴逝者的最后一条路，也许是英国最美好的路线。
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