Mortuary Station

This guide to Mortuary Station in Sydney traces the strange terminus built from 1869 for the city's funeral trains, where the dead rode free while the living paid four shillings for a seat. You'll hear about the elaborate sandstone carvings by colonial architect James Barnet, and the daily journeys of hearse wagons carrying coffins and grieving families seventeen kilometers out to Rookwood cemetery. Listen for the story of the hand litters that moved coffins from train to grave, and what some say they were later used for on the way back.