Trains to London Waterloo - Station Details and further Information on the London Waterloo Area
Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major railway terminus in London, England owned and operated by Network Rail. It is near the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, and in Travelcard Zone 1. In the financial year from 2007/8 (during which Eurostar services stopped using it) the Waterloo complex including the Underground and Waterloo East handled some 187.236 million passengers (not counting interchanges on the underground), comparable to the Gare du Nord in Paris but more than any other station in Europe. It has more platforms and a greater floor area than any other train station in the UK. (Clapham Junction, just under four miles down the line, has the highest number of trains.) It is the terminus of a network of railway lines in South West England and the suburbs of London.
Waterloo has 20 terminal platforms, making it the biggest station in the UK in terms of platform numbers. The station is managed by Network Rail, and all trains are operated by South West Trains. Waterloo International was the terminus for Eurostar international trains from 1994 until 2007 when they transferred to new international platforms at St. Pancras. Waterloo International's five platforms were numbered 20 to 24.
Waterloo Underground Station
Waterloo is the second-busiest station on the Underground network, after Kings Cross St Pancras, served by the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern (Charing Cross branch) and Waterloo & City lines. It is one of only two London Terminals without a close connection to the Circle Line the other being London Bridge. |