London Waterloo East railway station
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 Waterloo East viewed from the London Eye |
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 Waterloo East
Location of Waterloo East in Central London |
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| Location | South Bank |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Lambeth |
| Managed by | Southeastern |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | WAE |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| Interchange | Waterloo [1] Southwark Embankment |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 |  4.905 million[2] |
| 2005–06 |  4.904 million[2] |
| 2006–07 | 6.329 million[2] |
| - interchange | 0.812 million[2] |
| 2007–08 | 6.537 million[2] |
| 2008–09 | 6.765 million[2] |
| - interchange | 0.891 million[2] |
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| 1 January 1869 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°06′36″W / 51.5041°N 0.1101°W | |
Waterloo East station, also known as London Waterloo East,[3] is a railway station in central London on the line from Charing Cross through London Bridge to Kent. It is managed by Southeastern and is in Travelcard Zone 1. The four platforms are lettered, not numbered, to avoid confusion with those of the adjoining larger terminal London Waterloo (a stratagem also used for the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras International and their predecessors at King's Cross Thameslink, and at New Cross).
Although a through station, it is classed for ticketing purposes as a central London railway terminus.[4] An elevated walkway across Waterloo Road connects it to London Waterloo station and provides the main access; the eastern ends of Waterloo East platforms have pedestrian connection to Southwark station on the London Underground Jubilee line; at street level there is but a modest entrance in Sandell St (not Wootton Street, as many sources claim[citation needed]). There is no station building; the ticket office of the main station serves it, though there are ticket machines at the eastern end of the walkway.
Ticket barriers have been installed at Sandell Street and Southwark Station entrances, they are also due to be installed at the main entrance in the future.
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[edit] History
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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.
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.
[edit] Services
All up trains run, normally from platform B or D, to Charing Cross, all down trains, normally from platform A or C call at London Bridge. As of December 2010 the typical off-peak service is:
- 16 trains per hour (tph) Charing Cross
- 2 tph Dartford via Bexleyheath
- 2 tph Gravesend via Sidcup
- 2 tph Gillingham via Lewisham and Woolwich Arsenal
- 2 tph Hayes avoiding Lewisham
- 2 tph Sevenoaks via Orpington
- 2 tph Tunbridge Wells via Sevenoaks
- 2 tph Hastings via Tunbridge Wells
- 1 tph Dover and Canterbury West, dividing at Ashford International
- 1 tph Ramsgate via Dover and Canterbury West, dividing at Ashford International
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| London Charing Cross | Southeastern South Eastern Main Line |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2011. http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/67647/response/172834/attach/3/OSI%20Report%20May2011FR%20V2%2017012011.xls. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "Station Codes". National Rail. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/codes/. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "Section A". National Fares Manual 98. Association of Train Operating Companies. http://www.atoc.org/retail/_downloads/NFM98/NFM98_Common_A.pdf. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for London Waterloo East railway station from National Rail
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