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Waterloo is Britain’s largest and busiest station.
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www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/our-history/iconic-infra...
Waterloo Station was opened in 1848 by the London & South Western Railway as part of extending the line two miles to be nearer the city. This original station, known as ‘central station’, had six platforms.
From its very earliest days the station was popular with race goers travelling to Epsom; the original station opening in 1848 was brought forward a week to enable passengers to travel to the Derby by rail for the first time.
Through the remainder of the 19th century, Waterloo was extended in an ad-hoc way to cope with demand. In 1860 the ‘Windsor station’ was opened on the north-west side of the original central platforms. In 1878 Waterloo gained an additional two platforms on the south-east side for mainline suburban trains in an extension known as the ‘south station’. In 1885 the ‘north’ station was opened, adding a further six platforms bringing the total at Waterloo to eighteen.
It was however a confusing station for passengers with platforms divided between four different sections of the station, unclear platform numbering, four areas which were classed as concourses and poor information displays. There were significant delays to services as the whole station was served by just four approach lines, and difficult ticketing arrangements with rival railway companies such as the South Eastern Railway did not help.
A new station is designed
In 1899 London & South Western Railway (as the London & Southampton had become) sought permission to completely rebuild and expand the station. The Company sent its chief engineer J W Jacomb-Hood to America to gather information on termini buildings to assist its redesign.
Over twenty years as building work took place, Waterloo became a spacious station with a large open concourse. With 21 platforms under a huge ridge-and-furrow roof it became light and airy compared to the dark maze it once was. Widely praised for its architecture, the new curved building to the front of the station housed the LSWR’s offices and facilities for passengers including a large booking hall and upstairs dining room which were simple and elegant with Georgian style panelling in the dining room and Edwardian decoration in the bars.
The Victory Arch
As the station rebuild was drawing to a close, and as a memorial to their staff that died in the First World War, the LSWR commissioned the Victory Arch; designed by J R Scott, their chief architect and made of Portland stone and bronze it depicts War and Peace, with Britannia holding the torch of liberty above. Leading from Station Approach onto the concourse, the Victory Arch forms the main entrance to Waterloo.
International rail services
Waterloo remained largely unchanged until early 1990s when platforms 20 and 21 were demolished to make way for Waterloo International. Opened in 1994 this was the terminus for Eurostar services running through the new Channel Tunnel. However on completion of the new high speed line in 2007, Eurostar services were taken instead to St Pancras and the international platforms at Waterloo closed.
In July 2012 a first-floor balcony opened at Waterloo to help reduce congestion at the station in time for the London Olympic Games. Space has been created for passengers on the concourse by repositioning shops from the middle of the main concourse onto the balcony. With new escalators and lifts Waterloo station now provides step-free access to its neighbouring station, Waterloo East.
Did you know?
Waterloo provided the terminus of the London Necropolis Company. Opened in 1854, the small, private station was designed to accommodate mourners and hold funeral services before coffins were transported for burial at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.
The original station building was demolished in 1902 to make way for the expansion of Waterloo; its successor was destroyed during an air raid in 1941 and never rebuilt.
A building nearby Waterloo International sports the same type of coloration that zebra does... So a passerby states to their family.
Another one from the archives. Street scene near Waterloo Station in London, reflected in a mirrored glass wall that isn't there anymore - it took me a while to figure out exactly where it is.
Urban street style photoshoot with model Irina in a cinematic style.
Waterloo subway station, Amsterdam
April, 2019
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The moving walkways at London Waterloo tube station today. This is a phone photo (Samsung S5) I was lucky to see a lul in the insane volume of people who travel through here, so I thought I would take the opportunity to get a photo!
I finished my London photowalk this week below the station at Waterloo. Leake Street is a fantastic graffiti heaven and worth a visit if you like some different types of art. A lot to see and needs a bit more than the 15 minutes I had.
Roof of the extension to the original Waterloo station. The extension was built for the Eurostar trains from London to Paris, but they now terminate in London St Pancras.
The Waterloo Pottery Kiln is so named as it was built in the same year as the battle of Waterloo. www.atlasobscura.com/places/waterloo-pottery-kiln
Waterloo subway station.
Amsterdam, April 2019
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Spent a lovely afternoon with my good mate Tim Hearn shooting around London yesterday. We were blessed with a gorgeous sunset and made the most of it on Waterloo Bridge.
This is a photograph of Waterloo Bridge and the temporary Bridge taken from the South Bank looking north. This is probably 1931, Brettenham House in Lancaster Place looks partly built, it was completed in 1932. The original Waterloo Bridge was designed by John Rennie and opened in 1817 as the Strand Bridge, its name was later changed to the Waterloo Bridge after Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815. In the early 1830s the old London Bridge was demolished and a new London Bridge again designed by John Rennie was built, the removal of the old bridge caused an increase in the river flow and the resulting scour caused problems for several of the Waterloo Bridge piers. This was noticed as early as the 1880s but by the 1920s the situation had become very serious, so much so that in August 1924 the building of a temporary steel girder bridge was started on the downstream side of the bridge. The roadway of Waterloo Bridge was removed to lessen the weight and a temporary wooden roadway installed. It took just a year for the temporary bridge to be built and it was opened on the 12th August 1925. From that date until 1934 an argument raged between the LCC who wished to demolish the bridge and the Royal Academy and other art institutions who wished the bridge to be repaired. Eventually in 1934 the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge commenced. The current Waterloo Bridge partially opened in 1942 despite being hit by German bombs during an air raid, the only Bridge in London to be hit during WW2. The temporary bridge was removed and it was later used to span the Rhine at Remagen. The bridge was fully opened in 1945. After its completion the bridge was often known as the "Ladies Bridge" because of the large number of women employed on its construction during the war years.
...'I am in paradise' on the Isle of Skye; view from Waterloo, across Broadford Bay towards Beinn na Caillich. The structure on the right is used by the local boat yard to take boats in and out of the water.
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If you're a commuter into London Waterloo you'll have been having fun and games this month as half the station is shut whilst they extend the platforms and put down new tracks. The first week wasn't too bad, but so far this week there's been chaos mainly due to a partial train derailment that brought things to a standstill.
Still, every cloud has a silver lining, and the old Eurostar terminal has been temporarily reopen to help ease congestion. It's due to stay open until the end of the month and will then close again so that they can complete the refurbishment and it will reopen at the end of 2018.
Waterloo Village takes the visitor through time from a 400-year old Lenape (Delaware) Indian village to a bustling port along the once prosperous Morris Canal. This early 19th-century restored village contains a working mill complex with gristmills and sawmills, a general store, blacksmith shop and several historic houses. This is always a great place to spend the day and particularly pretty now with the colors of fall.
There is a lot of activity in the village now and it looks like there is quite a bit of work going into the restoration. There were far more people working there today than we have seen in previous visits. Good to see!