London Waterloo East railway station
- London Waterloo East railway station
London stations
name = London Waterloo East
owner=Network Rail
manager = Southeastern
zone = 1
locale = South Bank
borough = London Borough of Lambeth
start = 1 January 1869
platforms = 4
railexits0405 = 4.905
railexits0506 = 4.904
railexits0607 = 6.329
railcode = WAE
Waterloo East station (officially London Waterloo East [ [http://nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/info_on_the_move/station_codes/W.html] ] ) is a railway station in London. A walkway across Waterloo Road connects it to the larger, terminal, station London Waterloo.
History
The South Eastern Railway opened it as Waterloo Junction in January 1869 to replace Blackfriars Road station which was slightly to the east. The Southern Railway renamed it Waterloo Eastern in July 1935 and it took its present name in May 1977.
It is on the line from Charing Cross through London Bridge to Kent. Unusually, the platforms are lettered, not numbered, to avoid confusion with those of the larger station (a stratagem used for the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras International and for New Cross).
There are ticket machines and a ticket office in the main station. Waterloo East is managed by Southeastern.
The eastern end of Waterloo East has a pedestrian connection to Southwark station on the London Underground Jubilee Line.
Formerly a rail connection ran across the concourse of the main station. This saw little service, although H.G. Wells's novel "The War of the Worlds" describes its use to convey troop trains to the Martian landing site. The bridge which carried the line over Waterloo Road now supports the walkway between the two stations.
Services
Station layout
The station has four platforms, lettered A, B, C and D:
* Platforms A and C are generally used by down services.
* Platforms B and D are generally used by up services.
Gallery
References
External links
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
London Road (Guildford) railway station — Infobox UK station name = London Road (Guildford) manager = South West Trains locale = Guildford borough = Guildford code = LRD usage0405 = 0.350 usage0506 = 0.363 usage0607 = 0.412 platforms = 2 start = London Road (Guildford) railway station is … Wikipedia
London Waterloo station — Infobox London station name = London Waterloo caption = The Victory Arch the main entrance to Waterloo station manager = Network Rail zone = 1 locale = South Bank borough = London Borough of Lambeth latitude = 51.5031 longitude = 0.1132 start =… … Wikipedia
Bahnhof Waterloo East — Waterloo East ist ein Bahnhof in London. Er liegt im Stadtbezirk London Borough of Lambeth in der Travelcard Tarifzone 1. Der Bahnhof ist durch eine Fußgängerbrücke mit dem Bahnhof Waterloo verbunden, ansonsten aber betrieblich völlig… … Deutsch Wikipedia
New Cross Gate railway station — Not to be confused with New Cross railway station. New Cross Gate … Wikipedia
London Necropolis railway station — London Necropolis Location Place London Area … Wikipedia
Railway station layout — A railway station is a place where trains make scheduled stops. Stations usually have one or more platforms constructed alongside a line of railway. However, railway stations come in many different configurations influenced by such factors as the … Wikipedia
London King's Cross railway station — Infobox London station name = London King s Cross caption = The view from platform 8 of King s Cross station on 1 September 2007 manager = Network Rail zone = 1 locale = Kings Cross borough = Camden latitude = 51.5321 longitude = 0.1233 start =… … Wikipedia
Caterham railway station — London stations name = Caterham manager = Southern zone = 6 locale =Caterham borough = Tandridge railcode=CAT start= 5 August 1856 platforms=2 railexits0405 = 0.640 railexits0506 = 0.685 railexits0607 = 0.755Caterham railway station serves the… … Wikipedia
Waterloo station (disambiguation) — Waterloo station may refer to: *London Waterloo, a major transport interchange in London, England between national and international rail services and the London Underground. **Waterloo East railway station, a station adjoining and interchanging… … Wikipedia
Dorchester South railway station — Dorchester South Location … Wikipedia
