Waterloo station

Waterloo is a major train station located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo. It forms part of a large transport complex, which includes:

• the station itself; trains run to the south-west of England and are mostly operated by South West Trains
• a London Underground station of the same name; on the Bakerloo Line, Jubilee Line, Northern Line, and Waterloo and City Line;
• Waterloo International station adjoins it; this has its own two-level concourse and train shed for Eurostar trains to Belgium and France
• Waterloo East station is connected by a footbridge. This is a stop on the main line from Charing Cross station, connecting with London Bridge Station and serving destinations in south London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Platforms on Waterloo East are identified by letters rather than numbers, presumably to avoid confusion for staff working on both stations.

The station is linked to the London Eye by elevated walkways. Two matching footbridgess cross the River Thames either side of the rail bridge from Waterloo East to Charing Cross station. The two footbridges were rebuilt in 2002. The bridges are both called the Hungerford footbridge (prior to 2002 there had been a single bridge on the eastern side of the rail bridge known by this name).

See Also

• British railway system
• UK topics