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London Victoria | |
Entrance façade of Victoria station
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Location of Victoria in Central London
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Location | Belgravia |
Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | Network Rail |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code | VIC |
DfT category | A |
Number of platforms | 19 |
Accessible | Yes |
Fare zone | 1 |
Cycle parking | Yes – platforms 7–8 & 17–18 |
Toilet facilities | Yes |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2011–12 | 76.231 million |
2012–13 | 77.347 million |
2013–14 | 81.856 million |
2014–15 | 85.338 million |
2015–16 | 81.151 million |
– interchange | 5.621 million |
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1 October 1860 | Opened by Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway |
1860 | Leased to London Brighton and South Coast Railway |
1862 | Separate station opened for London, Chatham and Dover and Great Western Railways |
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WGS84 | 51°29′43″N 0°08′39″W / 51.4952°N 0.1441°WCoordinates: 51°29′43″N 0°08′39″W / 51.4952°N 0.1441°W |
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Victoria | |
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Entrance on Terminus Place
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Location | Belgravia |
Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | Transport for London |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 82.96 million |
2013 | 84.58 million |
2014 | 86.73 million |
2015 | 82.89 million |
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1868 | Opened (DR) |
1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
1900 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
1908 | Ended "Outer Circle" |
1949 | Started (Circle line) |
1969 | Opened as terminus (Victoria line) |
1971 | Extended south (Victoria line) |
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London Victoria, generally known as Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex named after nearby Victoria Street, the latter being named after Queen Victoria. With over 81 million passenger entries and exits between April 2013 and March 2014, London Victoria is the second-busiest terminus in London (and the UK) after London Waterloo. It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail. The area around the station is an important interchange for other forms of transport: a local bus station is in the forecourt, and Victoria Coach Station for long-distance road coaches is nearby. Victoria is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Victoria is a London terminus for both Southern and Southeastern. Southern provides the majority of commuter/regional services to South London and Sussex as well as parts of East Surrey via the Brighton Main Line. Southeastern provides services in South East London and along the Chatham Main Line to Kent. It is also the terminus for the Gatwick Express service to Gatwick Airport.
There are effectively four railway stations on the site: on National Rail, two serving main-line routes in south eastern England, to Brighton, Hove, Worthing, Eastbourne, Canterbury and Dover; and on the London Underground, an underground station built by the cut-and-cover method serving the District and Circle lines and the deep-level Victoria line tube line station.