London Waterloo East railway station

Waterloo East
London Waterloo East
Waterloo East viewed from the London Eye
Waterloo East Location of Waterloo East in Central London
Location	South Bank
Local authority	London Borough of Lambeth
Grid reference	TQ313800
Managed by	Southeastern
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	WAE
DfT category	B
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
OSI	Waterloo (main line)^[1] Waterloo (Underground) Embankment Southwark
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	6.656 million^[2]
– interchange	1.452 million^[2]
2012–13	6.794 million^[2]
– interchange	1.510 million^[2]
2013–14	7.307 million^[2]
– interchange	1.551 million^[2]
2014–15	7.872 million^[2]
– interchange	1.377 million^[2]
2015–16	9.921 million^[2]
– interchange	1.096 million^[2]
Railway companies
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1869 (1869-01-01)	Opened as Waterloo Junction
7 July 1935	Renamed Waterloo
2 May 1977	Renamed Waterloo East
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°30′13″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5037°N 0.111°W / 51.5037; -0.111Coordinates: 51°30′13″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5037°N 0.111°W / 51.5037; -0.111
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Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo East,^[3] is a railway station in central London on the line from Charing Cross through London Bridge towards Kent, in the southeast of England. Although Waterloo East is a through-station, it is classed for ticketing purposes as a central London terminus.^[4] Services through the station are operated by Southeastern and it is situated within fare zone 1.

An elevated walkway across Waterloo Road connects it to the larger Waterloo station and provides the main access. The eastern ends of Waterloo East's platforms provide pedestrian connection to Southwark station which is served by London Underground's Jubilee line; at street level there is a modest entrance in Sandell Street. Connections with the Underground's Bakerloo, Northern and Waterloo & City lines are available at Waterloo tube station. 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.

The four platforms at Waterloo East are lettered rather than numbered to ensure that staff who work at both Waterloo East and the adjoining Waterloo station, which is managed and branded separately and features numbered platforms, do not confuse the platforms at the two stations. This stratagem is also used for the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras International and their predecessors at King's Cross Thameslink, as well as at New Cross. Ticket barriers have been installed at the Sandell Street and Southwark station entrances, and also at the main entrance from Waterloo station following the completion of the retail balcony in 2012.

History

A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Waterloo - note the connecting line between Waterloo and Waterloo East.

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 (also known as Waterloo Eastern) in July 1935 and it took its present name in May 1977.

Until 1911^[5] 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 subsequently accommodated the pedestrian walkway between the two stations until replaced by the current high level covered walkway. The old bridge remains and is now used for storage.

Services

Platform A view towards the Shard

All "up" trains run to Charing Cross only, and depart from platforms B and D. All "down" trains run from platforms A and C. The typical off-peak service is:

14 trains per hour (tph) Charing Cross
2 trains per hour 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 Hastings via Tunbridge Wells
1 tph Dover via Ashford International
1 tph Ramsgate via Ashford International and Canterbury West

Southern also used to operate services at this station, but these were withdrawn in 2009 due to problems with line capacity on the South Eastern Main Line.

Entrance to Waterloo East from Waterloo station prior to the completion of the retail balcony in 2012.

Escalators leading to Waterloo East station from Southwark tube station.

Mainline railways around the South Bank

Charing Cross

Hungerford Bridge

over River Thames

South Western Main Line

to Weymouth

Waterloo

Waterloo East

Blackfriars Road (1864–1868)

Elephant & Castle (1)

(3) Blackfriars

Thameslink

to Sutton, Sevenoaks and Brighton

Thameslink

to MML & ECML

(1864–1885) Blackfriars Bridge (2)

(4) City Thameslink

Cannon Street

London Bridge

River Thames

Brighton Main Line

to Brighton

South Eastern Main Line

to SE London and Kent

Connections

London Buses routes 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 211, 243, 341, 381, 507, 521, RV1 and X68 and night routes N1, N68, N76, N171, N343 and N381 serve the station.

The Quietway 1 cycle route passes underneath the station.

References

↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ "Station facilities for London Waterloo East". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
↑ "Section A" (PDF). National Fares Manual 98. Association of Train Operating Companies. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
↑ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley

External links

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Train times and station information for London Waterloo East railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
London Charing Cross		Southeastern South Eastern Main Line	London Bridge
	Historical railways
London Waterloo		South Eastern and Chatham Railway South Eastern Main Line	London Bridge

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses East London Transit Night Buses Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Crossrail (under construction) Crossrail 2 (proposed) London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office
Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno
River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association
Train operators	Arriva Rail London c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Great Northern Southern Thameslink Grand Central Great Western Railway Greater Anglia Stansted Express Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express Hull Trains London Midland (to December 2017) South Western Railway Southeastern TfL Rail Virgin Trains (West Coast) Virgin Trains East Coast West Midlands Trains (from August 2017)
Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Major stations

Central area	Bank/Monument Baker Street Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow Stations Highbury & Islington Ilford Lewisham London City Airport Orpington Putney Richmond Romford Stratford Surbiton Sutton Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Category
Commons
WikiProject

Major railway stations in Great Britain

Managed by Network Rail	Birmingham New Street Bristol Temple Meads Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Central Leeds Liverpool Lime Street Manchester Piccadilly Reading
Managed by train operator	Aberdeen Birmingham Moor Street Brighton Cardiff Central Crewe Gatwick Airport Glasgow Queen Street Manchester Victoria Newcastle Nottingham Sheffield Southampton Central Swansea York

London

Managed by Network Rail (termini)

Managed by train operator

Termini	Fenchurch Street Marylebone Moorgate
Through stations	Blackfriars City Thameslink Clapham Junction Stratford Waterloo East

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station
Metro Hayes line	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Ladywell Catford Bridge Lower Sydenham New Beckenham Beckenham Junction Clock House Elmers End Eden Park West Wickham Hayes
Metro via Elmstead Woods	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Hither Green Grove Park Elmstead Woods Chislehurst Petts Wood Orpington Chelsfield Knockholt Dunton Green Sevenoaks
Metro via Bexleyheath	London Victoria Denmark Hill Peckham Rye Nunhead London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Blackheath Kidbrooke Eltham Falconwood Welling Bexleyheath Barnehurst Slade Green Dartford
Metro via Abbey Wood	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge Deptford Greenwich Maze Hill Westcombe Park Lewisham Blackheath Charlton Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Arsenal Plumstead Abbey Wood Belvedere Erith Slade Green Barnehurst Crayford Dartford Greenhithe Gravesend Higham Strood Rochester Chatham Gillingham
Metro via Sidcup	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross St Johns Lewisham Hither Green Lee Mottingham New Eltham Sidcup Albany Park Bexley Crayford Slade Green Dartford Stone Crossing Greenhithe Swanscombe Northfleet Gravesend Higham Strood Rochester Chatham Gillingham
Main line via Staplehurst	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge Sevenoaks Tonbridge Paddock Wood Marden Staplehurst Headcorn Pluckley Ashford International Wye Chilham Chartham Canterbury West Sturry Minster Westenhanger Sandling Folkestone West Folkestone Central Dover Priory Martin Mill Walmer Deal Sandwich Ramsgate
Mainline Hastings line	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Cannon Street London Bridge New Cross Orpington Sevenoaks Hildenborough Tonbridge High Brooms Tunbridge Wells Frant Wadhurst Stonegate Etchingham Robertsbridge Battle Crowhurst West St Leonards St Leonards Warrior Square Hastings Ore

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