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=== 1990s refurbishment === The Underground station was comprehensively refurbished in the early 1990s as part of the construction of [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo International station]] for international [[Eurostar]] services, with the Main Ticket hall underneath the railway concourse expanded and connected to the new International station.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-waterloo-underground-station-showing-maud-daley-longest-serving-member-of-staff-unveiling-a-plaque-to-open-the-ticket-hall-in-the-newly-refurbished-waterloo-underground-station-compulsory-cre-image17582704.html|title=STOCK IMAGE - WATERLOO UNDERGROUND STATION Showing MAUD DALEY, longest serving member of staff, unveiling a plaque to open the ticket hall in the newly refurbished Waterloo Underground Station. COMPULSORY CRE... by www.DIOMEDIA.com|website=Diomedia|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> The platforms were also decorated with artwork by Christopher Tipping on the theme of the nearby [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], although these murals have since been removed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/posters/item/1995-366?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvYWxsP3Nob3J0PTEmc2tpcD00OCZsaW1pdD00OCZxPXdhdGVybG9vK3N0YXRpb24mc29ydD1kYXRlJm9yZGVyPWRlc2MmZmllbGQ9U1RBUlREQVRF&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3RoZS1jb2xsZWN0aW9uL3BhZ2UvMj8mcT13YXRlcmxvbytzdGF0aW9uJnNvcnQ9ZGF0ZSZvcmRlcj1kZXNjJmZpZWxkPVNUQVJUREFURQ==|title=Poster; A change of scene under the National Theatre, unknown, 1988|website=London Transport Museum|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> The [[Waterloo & City line]] was closed for 2 months in 1993 to be upgraded with [[British Rail Class 482|new trains]] and the [[Fourth rail|four rail]] electrical system of the London Underground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davros.org/rail/culg/waterloo.html|title=CULG - Waterloo & City Line|website=www.davros.org|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> The ownership of the line was transferred from [[Network SouthEast]] to the Underground on 1 April 1994 as part of the [[privatisation of British Rail]].<ref name="CULG_02">{{cite web |url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/waterloo.html#dates |title=Waterloo & City line, Dates |work=Clive's Underground Line Guides |access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> Due to an Easter shut-down, the first Underground service on the line was on 5 April 1994.<ref name="rose" />
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