Following the 1947 nationalisation of Britain's railways, the use of the railway to transport coffins went into steep decline. New operating procedures required that coffins be carried in a separate carriage from other cargo; as regular services to Brookwood station used electric multiple unit trains which did not have goods vans, coffins for Brookwood had to be shipped to Woking and then carried by road for the last part of the journey, or a special train had to be chartered.
After Britain's railways were nationalised in 1947, transporting coffins via railway saw a significant decrease. New operating procedures required that coffins be transported separately from other cargo; since regular services to Brookwood station used electric multiple unit trains without goods vans, coffins for Brookwood had to be shipped to Woking and then carried by road for the final leg of the journey, or a special train had to be chartered.