| London Waterloo East | |
 |
|
| Location | South Bank |
|---|---|
| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | WAE |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| NR 2004/5 usage | 4.905 million[1] |
| NR 2005/6 usage | 4.904 million[1] |
| NR 2006/7 usage | 6.329 million[1] |
| NR 2007/8 usage | 7.046 million[1] |
| NR 2006/7 interchanges | 0.812 million[1] |
|
|
|
| 1 January 1869 | Opened |
|
|
|
| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Facilities |
| Railways around the South Bank | |
|---|---|
_Waterloo_RJD_126.jpg)
Waterloo East station, also known as London Waterloo East,[2] is a railway station in London. A walkway across Waterloo Road connects it to the larger, terminal, station London Waterloo.
Contents |
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 their predecessors at King's Cross Thameslink and at 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
Trains run a very high fequency service between Charing Cross and London Bridge, the typical off-peak service from the station is:
Southeastern
- 16tph (trains per hour) to London Charing Cross
- 2tph to Gillingham via Greenwich
- 2tph to Dartford via Bexleyheath
- 2tph to Gravesend via Lewisham and Sidcup
- 2tph to Orpington, of which 1tph is extended to Sevenoaks
- 2tph to Hastings (1tph semi-fast service, 1tph stopping service)
- 2tph to Ashford International via Orpington (1tph semi-fast service, 1tph stopping service)
- 2tph to Margate/Ramsgate via Tonbridge, dividing at Ashford International with one portion travelling via Canterbury West and one portion travelling via Dover Priory
- 2tph to Hayes
Southern
- 2tph to London Charing Cross
- 1tph to Reigate
- 1tph to Tonbridge
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Charing Cross | Southern Caterham Line Tattenham Corner Line |
London Bridge | ||
| Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
||||
From December 2009 Southern will no longer call at Waterloo East [3]
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
- ^ a b c d e Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at London Waterloo East railway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ "Station Codes". National Rail. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ Network rail
External links
- Train times and station information for London Waterloo East railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°06′36″W / 51.5041°N 0.1101°W
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
