Editing London Waterloo station (section)

===Former international platforms===
[[File:Refurbished_international_platforms_at_London_Waterloo.jpg|thumb|Refurbished ex-international terminal platforms (20 to 24) at London Waterloo. (August 2023)]]
[[File:Waterloo station and vicinity.jpg|thumb|In this photo taken in 2012, the then-disused [[Grimshaw Architects|Grimshaw]]-designed shed of the former Waterloo International can be seen nearer to the camera, with the older train shed behind. In the foreground are the [[Shell Centre]] (left) and [[County Hall, London|County Hall]] (right).]]
After the transfer of [[Eurostar]] services from Waterloo, the former Eurostar platforms 20–24 of Waterloo International remained unused until they were fully brought back into service in May 2019, after partial re-opening in December 2018. Waterloo suffered significant capacity problems, until the former international station were brought back into service for domestic use.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/23/london-waterloo-station-former-eurostar-platforms-returned-to-use|title=London Waterloo's one-time Eurostar platforms to be returned to use|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 March 2016|access-date=24 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825023912/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/23/london-waterloo-station-former-eurostar-platforms-returned-to-use|archive-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> In December 2008 preparatory work was carried out to enable platform 20 to be used by South West Trains suburban services. However, the conversion of the remaining platforms was delayed as it required alterations to the track layout outside the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080707/text/80707w0014.htm|title=Waterloo Station|first=Tom|last=Harris|date=7 July 2008|access-date=24 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825021008/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080707/text/80707w0014.htm|archive-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> Platforms 20–22 were reopened for domestic use at the end of 2018. The final set, 23–24, opened in May 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/7758/former-eurostar-platforms-in-full-time-reopening-for-waterloo-suburban-services/|title=Five new platforms for Waterloo station as old Eurostar terminal reopens|magazine=Railway Magazine|date=11 December 2018|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> The refurbishment and reopening of platforms 20–24 increased capacity at Waterloo by 30%. The international platforms were only designed to cope with six trains per hour, well below the current capacity for commuter services.

The project was criticised for its delayed completion date; in 2009 the [[Department for Transport]] confirmed that Network Rail was developing High Level Output Specification options for the station, with an estimated date for the re-opening of the platforms of 2014, seven years after their closure.<ref name="standard-2014">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23742350-details/Delayed%3A+platforms+for+Waterloo+commuters+will+not+arrive+until+2014/article.do |title=Delayed: platforms for Waterloo commuters will not arrive until 2014 |last=Waugh |first=Paul |date=10 September 2009 |newspaper=London Evening Standard |access-date=10 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917095311/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23742350-details/Delayed%3A+platforms+for+Waterloo+commuters+will+not+arrive+until+2014/article.do |archive-date=17 September 2009 }}</ref> The cost of maintaining the disused platforms up to late 2010 was found via a Freedom of Information request to have been £4.1&nbsp;million.<ref name="balance">{{cite news |title= 10-car SWT hangs in balance |work=Modern Railways |location=London |page=52 |date=December 2010}}</ref> South West Trains subsequently confirmed that platform 20 would be brought back into use in 2014, hosting certain services to and from Reading, Windsor, Staines and Hounslow. These would be 10-car trains newly formed from refurbished SWT and former Gatwick Express rolling stock.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher = South West Trains |title = London commuters to benefit from longer peak time trains |date = 23 December 2011 |url = http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/extracapacity.aspx |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120117060738/http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/extracapacity.aspx |archive-date = 17 January 2012 |df = dmy-all |access-date = 23 December 2011 }}</ref> Platform 20 reopened in May, with access via platform 19, and platforms 21 and 22 in October after steps were constructed over the former Eurostar entrance to access the platforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=First significant step in re-opening Waterloo International|url=http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/Platform20.aspx|website=[[South West Trains]]|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402072453/http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/Platform20.aspx|archive-date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Waterloo Platforms 21 & 22|url=http://www.southernelectric.org.uk/news/network-rail/waterloo-p21+22-open.html|website=Southern Electric Group|access-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417031318/http://www.southernelectric.org.uk/news/network-rail/waterloo-p21+22-open.html|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/revealed-the-derelict-waterloo-platforms-which-are-set-to-reopen-after-an-800m-revamp-a3306021.html|title=Revealed: the derelict Waterloo platforms which are set to reopen after an £800m revamp|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=27 July 2016|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802185151/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/revealed-the-derelict-waterloo-platforms-which-are-set-to-reopen-after-an-800m-revamp-a3306021.html|archive-date=2 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/waterloo-station-to-reopen-eurostar-platforms-after-10year-gap-a3600861.html|title=Waterloo station to re-open Eurostar platforms after 10-year gap|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=1 August 2017|access-date=18 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806155743/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/waterloo-station-to-reopen-eurostar-platforms-after-10year-gap-a3600861.html|archive-date=6 August 2017}}</ref>