Waterloo East | |
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London Waterloo East | |
Waterloo East viewed from the London Eye
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Location of Waterloo East in Central London
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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) Waterloo (Underground) Embankment Southwark |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2011–12 | 6.656 million |
– interchange | 1.452 million |
2012–13 | 6.794 million |
– interchange | 1.510 million |
2013–14 | 7.307 million |
– interchange | 1.551 million |
2014–15 | 7.872 million |
– interchange | 1.377 million |
2015–16 | 9.921 million |
– interchange | 1.096 million |
Railway companies | |
Original company | South Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 January 1869 | Opened as Waterloo Junction |
7 July 1935 | Renamed Waterloo |
2 May 1977 | Renamed Waterloo East |
Other information | |
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WGS84 | 51°30′13″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5037°N 0.111°WCoordinates: 51°30′13″N 0°06′40″W / 51.5037°N 0.111°W |
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Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo East, 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. 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.