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Waterloo East railway station
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Waterloo East station, official name London Waterloo East [1], is a railway station in London, United Kingdom. It is connected to Waterloo main station by a walkway across Waterloo Road.
History
It was opened as Waterloo Junction in January 1869 by the South Eastern Railway (later the Southern Railway), replacing Blackfriars Road slightly to the east. It was renamed Waterloo Eastern in July 1935 and took its present name in May 1977.
It is on the main line from Charing Cross through London Bridge to Kent. Unusually, the platforms are lettered, not numbered, to avoid confusion with those of the main station (a similar situation exists for the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras International).
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 connection, for passengers, 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 for services to south and southeast London, and Kent.
- Platforms B and D are generally used for services terminating at London Charing Cross, about ½ mile away on the opposite bank of the River Thames.
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