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Waterloo station (/ ˌ w ɔː t ər ˈ l uː /), [5] [6] also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.
- Waterloo tube station
Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath...
- Waterloo station
Waterloo station, [2] [3] also known as 'London Waterloo',...
- Waterloo East railway station
Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo...
- Waterloo tube station
- Serving City and Country
- The Passenger Experience
- A New Station Is Designed
- The Victory Arch
- International Rail Services
Replacing the first terminus of the London & Southampton Railway at Nine Elms, Waterloo Station was opened in 1848 by the London & South Western Railway as part of extending the line two miles to be nearer the city. This original station, known as ‘central station’, had six platforms. From its very earliest days the station was popular with race go...
Through the remainder of the 19th century, Waterloo was extended in an ad-hoc way to cope with demand. In 1860 the ‘Windsor station’ was opened on the north-west side of the original central platforms. In 1878 Waterloo gained an additional two platforms on the south-east side for mainline suburban trains in an extension known as the ‘south station’...
In 1899 London & South Western Railway (as the London & Southampton had become) sought permission to completely rebuild and expand the station. The Company sent its chief engineer J W Jacomb-Hood to America to gather information on termini buildings to assist its redesign. Over twenty years as building work took place, Waterloo became a spacious st...
As the station rebuild was drawing to a close, and as a memorial to their staff that died in the First World War, the LSWR commissioned the Victory Arch; designed by J R Scott, their chief architect and made of Portland stone and bronze it depicts War and Peace, with Britannia holding the torch of liberty above. Leading from Station Approach onto t...
Waterloo remained largely unchanged until early 1990s when platforms 20 and 21 were demolished to make way for Waterloo International. Opened in 1994 this was the terminus for Eurostar services running through the new Channel Tunnel. However on completion of the new high speed line in 2007, Eurostar services were taken instead to St Pancras and the...
Waterloo Station, railway station in the borough of Lambeth, London, England. It is one of the largest stations in the United Kingdom. Part of the station serves as a terminus for the Channel Tunnel (Eurotunnel), which connects the isle of Britain to continental Europe.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath Waterloo National Rail station. As of 2022, it is the 2nd busiest station on the London Underground, with 68.72 million users. [6] It is served by four lines: Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City. The Jubilee line westbound platform, January 2006.
Waterloo station, [2] [3] also known as 'London Waterloo', [4] is a major railway terminus in London. It is owned and operated by Network Rail. It is near the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, and in Travelcard Zone 1.
Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo East, [3] is a railway station in central London on the line from Charing Cross through to London Bridge towards Kent, in the south-east of England. It is to the east of London Waterloo railway station and close to Southwark tube station. The station opened in 1869 as Waterloo ...
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