Waterloo Station

London Waterloo is an important train station and transport Exchange complex in London, England. It is located on the South Bank of the river Thames in Lambethdistrict.This station consists of four connected railway lines and one bus station. According to the official figures for the financial year 2004/2005, this station was the busiest station the United Kingdom.



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[hide] *Name 1  ==Name[ Edit] == The name Waterloo Station comes from the town of Waterloo in Belgium, where Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo . Rather ironic given the long time was the gateway forBelgian and French travelers. In 1998, the Parisian politician Florent Longuepée at the British Prime Minister Tony Blair to no avail a written request in order to change the name of the station because it was unpleasant for him according to French Napoleons defeat to be remembered when they per Eurostartrain arrived. [1]  the application was not granted. [2] ==Parts[ Edit] == Waterloo Station consists of several parts: ==Metro station[ Edit] == <p len="3465" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Waterloo underground station is in fact a combination of two London undergroundstations. The main station is on the Bakerloo Line between Embankment, Lambeth Northand the Jubilee Line between Westminster and Southwark, the Northern Line between Kennington and Embankment. The second station is on the Waterloo & City Line to the only other Bank/Monumentstation on that line. This station is the first of this complex opened on 8 August 1848 by the Waterloo & City Railway (W & CR) a subsidiary of the L & SWR.
 * 2 Parts
 * 3 Metro station
 * Waterloo Mainline Station
 * Waterloo International
 * Waterloo East
 * Waterloo Underground Station
 * Waterloo Pier

<p len="1393" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Waterloo & City Line is meant as connection between the train station and the City of London, the financial heart of the city. The Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS & WR, now the Bakerloo Line) did Waterloo to as of March 10, 1906. On 13 september 1926 was the extension of the Hampstead and Highgate Line (such as the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line was then called) opened from Embankment to the existing drive by the City & South London Railway Kennington with a new station at Waterloo. The treadmill between the Jubilee Line and the Bakerloo and Northern Line<p len="1001" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Jubilee Line station was opened on 20 november 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. The Jubilee platforms are located at the other end of the complex. It is connected to the platforms of the Bakerloo and Northern line by a 140 m long treadmill of which only two are in the entire Metro system in London.

<p lang="en" len="737" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The metro station is the third busiest in London with more than 67 million passengers in the financial year 2005/2006, only King's Cross St. Pancras and Victoria see more passengers per year.