Waterloo Station in London first opened in 1848 as a terminus of the London and South Western Railway, and it was substantially rebuilt between 1900 and 1922 into the grand station that survives today, its Portland stone facade and central Victory Arch entrance dedicated in 1922 as a memorial to the railway's employees killed in the First World War. By floor area it is the largest railway station in the United Kingdom, and its main concourse, roofed in a series of wide steel-ribbed spans, was designed to handle the very high passenger volumes generated by London's southwestern commuter lines. From 1994 until 2007 the station also housed a dedicated international terminal for Eurostar services to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel, before that service relocated to a rebuilt St Pancras station. The station's name, like the nearby Waterloo Bridge, commemorates the 1815 battle at which British and allied forces defeated Napoleon.
Facts
Building Type LocationWaterloo, London Borough of Lambeth, London 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Transport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 1 Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: London, located there.
Sources
1. London Waterloo station (Wikipedia)
Lead, description
a major central London railway terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom
Lead, location
in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth
Rebuilding section
finally opened in 1922, with 21 platforms and a 700-foot (210 m) long concourse.
- Wikipedia "London Waterloo station" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Waterloo Station in London first opened in 1848 as a terminus of the London and South Western Railway, and it was substantially rebuilt between 1900 and 1922 into the grand station that survives today, its Portland stone facade and central Victory Arch entrance dedicated in 1922 as a memorial to the railway's employees killed in the First World War. By floor area it is the largest railway station in the United Kingdom, and its main concourse, roofed in a series of wide steel-ribbed spans, was designed to handle the very high passenger volumes generated by London's southwestern commuter lines. From 1994 until 2007 the station also housed a dedicated international terminal for Eurostar services to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel, before that service relocated to a rebuilt St Pancras station. The station's name, like the nearby Waterloo Bridge, commemorates the 1815 battle at which British and allied forces defeated Napoleon.
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