London Waterloo station

central London railway terminus; interchange with the London Underground station of the same name
TrainStation central_station Q795691
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Summary

London Waterloo station is a central station[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of central station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,354 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: London Borough of Lambeth[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: dead-end railway station[5]
  • Connecting line: South Western Main Line[6]
  • Owned by: Network Rail[7]
  • Operator: Network Rail[8]
  • Named after: Waterloo Bridge[9]
  • Adjacent station: Vauxhall station[10]
  • Part of: London station group[11]
  • Commons category: London Waterloo station[12]
  • Located on linear feature: Reading Line, Waterloo to Wokingham Junction[13], Bournemouth Main Line (Waterloo to Weymouth), Waterloo to Northam Short Mile[14]
  • Interchange station: Waterloo tube station[15], London Waterloo East railway station[16], Embankment tube station[17], London Eye Pier[18], Festival Pier[19]
  • Official website: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/WAT.aspx[20]
  • Number of platform tracks: 22[21]
  • Described by source: Subterranea Britannica[22], Subterranea[23]
  • Date of official opening: July 11, 1848[24]
  • Different from: Waterloo railway station[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 15 m[26]
  • Wikidata usage instructions: Use Q13141057 for the London Underground station[27], 伦敦地铁车站请使用Q13141057[28], 倫敦地鐵車站請使用Q13141057[29]
  • Fare zone: London fare zone 1[30]
  • Class of station: Category A railway station[31]
  • State of use: in use[32]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/waterloo-station[33]
  • Historic county: Surrey[34]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:London Waterloo station (exterior)[35]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for London Waterloo station include Waterloo Sunset[36], a single[37]; Waterloo tube station[38], a London Underground station[39], in United Kingdom[40]; and London Waterloo East railway station[41], a railway station[42], in United Kingdom[43].

Why It Matters

London Waterloo station has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for it include Waterloo Sunset[36], a single[37]; Waterloo tube station[38], a London Underground station[39], in United Kingdom[40]; and London Waterloo East railway station[41], a railway station[42], in United Kingdom[43].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Category:Dead-end railway stations. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . dataportal.orr.gov.uk. dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the view of the item → Category:London Waterloo station (exterior)
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'e
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for the view of the item: Category:London Waterloo station (exterior), Setting P8989 value"
  2. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
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    Instance of → central station, dead-end railway station
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