Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus
London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With over 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms; the expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century; how Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and the Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.....
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Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus
London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With over 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms; the expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century; how Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and the Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.....
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Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus

Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus

by Robert Lordan
Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus
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Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus

Waterloo Station: A History of London's busiest terminus

by Robert Lordan

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London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With over 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms; the expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century; how Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and the Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.....

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785008696
Publisher: Crowood Press, The
Publication date: 05/24/2021
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 29 MB
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About the Author

Robert Lordan is a licensed London taxi driver, tour guide and author of The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like a Cabbie (Quercus). He has also written for Metro and Time Out and maintains a website about the capital's history at www.robslondon.com

Table of Contents

Dedication 6

Acknowledgements 6

List of Abbreviations 6

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Early Days 8

Chapter 2 Onwards to Waterloo 21

Chapter 5 Chaos Comes to York Road 33

Chapter 4 The Necropolis Railway 53

Chapter 5 Waterloo East 70

Chapter 6 Waterloo Underground 82

Chapter 7 Transformation and World War I 99

Chapter 8 The 1920s, 1950s and World War II 120

Chapter 9 Post-War Waterloo 128

Chapter 10 Waterloo International 142

Chapter 11 Waterloo in Culture 149

Bibliography 156

Illustration Credits 156

Index 157

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