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 more than 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; 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; the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal; 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.