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Waterloo Station itself is the original mainline station, opened on July 11, 1848 by the London and South Western Railway. It was first laid out as a through station with the original (unrealised) intention being to run direct mainline trains to the City. The station became increasingly ramshackle and cluttered as the 19th century went on, until the decision was finally taken to tear the whole thing down and begin again. Construction began on the new station in 1900 and continued until 1922, with the new station boasting 21 platforms and a concourse nearly 800 feet long. However, it was badly damaged during World War II and required considerable reconstruction thereafter.

Following rail privatisation in the 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, ownership of Waterloo was transferred to RailtrackRailtrack was a group of companies which owned the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and some stations of the British railway system from its privatisation in 1996 until 2002. Its main operating arm, Railtrack plc was sold to "not for div (and subsequently to Network RailNetwork Rail is a British "not for dividend" Company Limited by Guarantee that owns the British railway system with the exception of rolling stock: i. Network Rail owns the railway tracks themselves, signals, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and stations). Trains run to the south-west of England and are mostly operated by South West TrainsSouth West Trains SWT is one of the Train Operating Companies operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the southwest of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire (the area largely co.

The station is linked to the South BankThe South Bank is the area in London on the southern bank of the River Thames near Waterloo station that houses a number of important cultural buildings/institutions. It was the site of the 1951 Festival of Britain, for which the Royal Festival Hall (RFH) by an elevated walkway. It used to be possible to walk directly by elevated walkways and footbridges all the way from the concourse of Waterloo to that of Charing Cross railway stationCharing Cross station is a central London railway terminus which is unusual in that its train services directly connect to two other railway termini; Waterloo and London Bridge. Services from the station run to Kent, Hastings and south east London. It is on the north side of the ThamesSeveral places exist with the name Thames and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a, but the demolition of part of the Waterloo walkway and the reconstruction of the Hungerford Footbridge means that that is no longer possible.

One now-vanished curiosity of Waterloo is that it was originally the terminus for London's daily "funeral express" to Brookwood Cemetery. Funerary trains bearing coffins (at 2/6 each - singles, naturally) left from the "Necropolis Station" just outside the main station. Sadly, the Necropolis Station was totally destroyed during the war.