Waterloo East railway station

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Waterloo East
Location
Place	South Bank
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Operations
Managed by	Southeastern
Owned by	Network Rail
Platforms in use	4
National Rail
Station code	WAE
Annual entry/exit	4.905 million *
Transport for London
Zone	1
History
1869	Opened
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Waterloo East station is a railway station in London, United Kingdom. It is connected to Waterloo main station by a footbridge across Waterloo Road. It was opened as Waterloo Junction in January 1869 by the South Eastern Railway (later the Southern Railway) and was renamed Waterloo Eastern in July 1935; it was given its present name in May 1977. It is a stop on the main line from Charing Cross through London Bridge to Kent. In a departure from normal practice the platforms are lettered rather than numbered, so that passengers and staff do not confuse them with those of the main station.

There are ticket machines, and a ticket office in the main station. Waterloo East is managed by Southeastern.

Waterloo East has a connection at its eastern end to Southwark station on the London Underground Jubilee Line, opened in November 1999.

There was originally a rail connection to the main station, across the concourse. This saw little service, although H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds contains a passage describing its use to convey troop trains to the Martian landing site. The connection has long since been removed, but the remnants can still be seen from the link footbridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Charing Cross		Southeastern		London Bridge
		Southern