New platforms open at Britains busiest railway station as part of £800 million investment for passengers [Network Rail]





Date: 10/12/2018

The former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station reopened permanently this morning (10 December) for the first time since international services moved to St Pancras in 2007, as part of the £800 million project to increase capacity on the South Western Railway network.


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New platforms open at Britains busiest railway station as part of £800 million investment for passengers

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The former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station reopened permanently this morning (10 December) for the first time since international services moved to St Pancras in 2007, as part of the £800 million project to increase capacity on the South Western Railway network.

Related images

A Class 421 (4-CIG) emu waiting to leave Waterloo in 1981 with other commuter stock stabled in the west sidings in the background. [This section of the station would change beyond recognition just over 10 years later when the International terminus for the new Eurostar services was built here. These would be handled at Waterloo from 1994 until finally being moved to the transformed St Pancras station in 2007.]
Location: Waterloo
Company: London and South Western Railway
17/09/1981 John Furnevel
Eurostars at Waterloo International in September 1995. The International platforms are numbered 20-24.
Location: Waterloo International
Company: London and South Western Railway
/09/1995 Ian Dinmore
Work in progress at the end of the former Eurostar platforms 23 and 24 at Waterloo on 8 February 2018. Platforms 21 and 22 are temporarily back in use during the current station upgrade works.
Location: Waterloo
Company: London and South Western Railway
08/02/2018 Colin McDonald