Editing London Waterloo station (section)

==Location==
The station's formal name is London Waterloo, and appears as such on all official documentation. It has the station code WAT.<ref name=nr>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WAT/details.html |title=Station facilities for London Waterloo |work=National Rail Enquiries |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612141749/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/WAT/details.html |archive-date=12 June 2013 }}</ref> It is in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]] on the south bank of the [[River Thames]], close to [[Waterloo Bridge]] and northeast of [[Westminster Bridge]]. The main entrance is to the south of the junction of [[Waterloo Road, London|Waterloo Road]] and [[York Road, Lambeth|York Road]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Waterloo+Station/@51.5031653,-0.1144938,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487604b9c09f521d:0x1d0598197b5003ba!8m2!3d51.5031653!4d-0.1123051|title=Waterloo Station|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> It is named after the eponymous bridge, which itself was named after the [[Battle of Waterloo]], a battle that occurred exactly two years prior to the opening ceremony for the bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/docs/waterloo-framework-final.pdf|access-date=9 November 2010|title=Mayor of London: Waterloo Opportunity Area Planning Framework|quote="Named after the Battle of Waterloo..."|date=26 October 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127104107/http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/docs/waterloo-framework-final.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=-1&workid=2635&searchid=31198&roomid=false&tabview=text&texttype=8|access-date=9 November 2010|title=The Opening of Waterloo Bridge|quote="The first Waterloo Bridge, designed by John Rennie, was opened by the Prince Regent amid much pageantry on 18 June 1817, the second anniversary of the battle it commemorated.")}}</ref>