About Waterloo Tube Station
Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath Waterloo mainline station. It is the busiest station on the London Underground with million users in. It is served by four lines: the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines. The station is situated in fare zone 1 and is located near the South Bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is within walking distance of the London Eye. HistoryThe first Underground Line at Waterloo was opened on 8 August 1898 by the Waterloo & City Railway (W& CR), a subsidiary of the owners of the main line station, the London and South Western Railway (L& SWR). The W& CR, nicknamed "The Drain", achieved in a limited way the L& SWR's original plan of taking its tracks the short distance north-east into the City of London. On 10 March 1906, the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS& WR, now the Bakerloo line) was opened. On 13 September 1926, the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate line (as the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line was then known) was opened from Embankment to the existing City & South London Railway station Kennington with a new station at Waterloo.
Waterloo Tube Station Description
Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath Waterloo mainline station. It is the busiest station on the London Underground with million users in. It is served by four lines: the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City lines. The station is situated in fare zone 1 and is located near the South Bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is within walking distance of the London Eye. HistoryThe first Underground Line at Waterloo was opened on 8 August 1898 by the Waterloo & City Railway (W& CR), a subsidiary of the owners of the main line station, the London and South Western Railway (L& SWR). The W& CR, nicknamed "The Drain", achieved in a limited way the L& SWR's original plan of taking its tracks the short distance north-east into the City of London. On 10 March 1906, the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS& WR, now the Bakerloo line) was opened. On 13 September 1926, the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate line (as the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line was then known) was opened from Embankment to the existing City & South London Railway station Kennington with a new station at Waterloo.