Waterloo
| Finally no account of Waterloo is complete without even a brief mention of the other three Waterloo stations. Firstly that of the underground Waterloo and City Line, the line built by the LSWR to ply commuters between Waterloo and the City of London, now owned by the London Underground since privatisation. Secondly the main London Underground station serving the Bakerloo, Northern (and since late 1999) Jubilee lines. Finally the Necropolis station situated to the south of the main station beyond platform 1. This small two track station served the funeral trains of the Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company taking coffins and mourners from London to the company's cemetery at Brookwood in Surrey. The Necropolis station was destroyed in an air raid in April 1941. |
| A 1970 view within the trainshed looking east towards
platforms 5 to 1 (as seen in this angle). Three 4 Sub units, now a thing of the
past, are much in evidence.
photograph by Michael Taylor |
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The other side of the trainshed east wall from the above picture, as
pictured on 17 May 2000. With the cab road relocated from the centre of the
platforms taxis for "domestic" passengers now queue around the east
and north sides of the station.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| An aerial panorama of the station taken in steam days. The
platforms nearest, outside the main canopy, have today gone to make way for the
Eurostar station.
photograph by the late Eric Arnold, courtesy of Mike Morant |  |
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Another aerial view from the British Airways London Eye - this time of
Waterloo East Station. The former SER station is heavily hemmed in by buildings
and the line from Charing Cross to London Bridge traverses on a brick viaduct a heavily built up
part of the south bank area of London. In this 2nd June 2000 photograph a class
465 Networker unit and an unidentified MkI EMU can be seen.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| A further aerial view of the station (looking east) taken on
2 June 2000 from the British Airways London Eye. Note the two different styles
of the trainshed roofs and lengths of platforms where the Eurostar station
has replaced the platforms shown above.
photograph by Colin Duff |  |
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