Given this, it was reluctant to construct a dedicated grand terminus at Waterloo. The L&SWR's aim throughout much of the 19th century was to extend its main line eastward beyond Waterloo into the City of London. In October 1882, Waterloo Bridge station was officially renamed Waterloo, reflecting long-standing common usage, even in some L&SWR timetables. The L&SWR purchased several properties along the route, before the plans were cancelled owing to the financial crisis following the Panic of 1847. Waterloo Bridge was originally laid out as a through station, as it was expected that services would eventually continue towards the City of London. Nine Elms closed for regular services at the same time, but Queen Victoria was fond of the privacy afforded by the old station, so it was kept open for her, and a replacement private station built on Wandsworth Road in 1854. The station was designed by William Tite and opened on 11 July 1848 as "Waterloo Bridge Station". The approach to the new station carried four tracks, with the expectation that other companies would use it.
The longest bridge was 90 feet (27 m) long and took the line over Westminster Bridge Road. The extension past Nine Elms involved demolishing 700 houses, and most of it was carried on a brick viaduct to minimise disruption. An Act of Parliament was granted in 1845 to extend the line towards a site on York Road, close to Waterloo Bridge. By the mid-1840s, commuter services to Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Kingston upon Thames, Ditton Marsh and Weybridge had become an important part of L&SWR traffic, so the company began to look for a terminus closer to Central London and the West End. It replaced the earlier Nine Elms, which had opened on and connected London to Southampton since. It was not designed to be a terminus, but simply a stop on an extension towards the City. Waterloo was built by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). It is named after the eponymous bridge, which itself was named after the Battle of Waterloo, a battle that occurred exactly two years prior to the opening ceremony for the bridge. The main entrance is to the south of the junction of Waterloo Road and York Road. It is in the London Borough of Lambeth on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Waterloo Bridge and northeast of Westminster Bridge. The station's formal name is London Waterloo, and appears as such on all official documentation. It is also the country's largest station in terms of floor space and has the greatest number of platforms. Waterloo is one of the busiest railway stations in the UK, and has had nearly a hundred million entries and exits from the station in a year. The station was the London terminus for Eurostar international trains from 1994 until 2007, when they were transferred to St. Waterloo was the last London terminus to provide steam-powered services, which ended in 1967. The station was rebuilt in the early 20th century, opening in 1922, and included the Victory Arch over the main entrance, which commemorated World War I. It was never designed to be a terminus, as the original intention was to continue the line towards the City of London, and consequently the station developed in a haphazard fashion, leading to difficulty finding the correct platform. The station was opened in 1848 by the London and South Western Railway, and it replaced the earlier Nine Elms as it was closer to the West End. The station is the terminus of the South West Main Line to Weymouth via Southampton, the West of England main line to Exeter via Salisbury, the Portsmouth Direct line to Portsmouth Harbour which connects with ferry services to the Isle of Wight, and several commuter services around west and south-west London, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
It is connected to a London Underground station of the same name and is adjacent to Waterloo East station on the South Eastern Main Line. Waterloo station ( / ˌ w ɔː t ə ˈ l uː/), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.
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