Editing London Waterloo station (section)

==London Underground==
{{Main|Waterloo tube station}}
[[File:Tube station entrance at Waterloo, July 2024.jpg|220px|right|thumb|The tube station entrance at the main concourse, July 2024]]
[[File:Waterloo station northern tube platform, July 2024.jpg|220px|right|thumb|The [[Northern line]] southbound tube platform, July 2024]]
There had been plans to connect Waterloo to the [[West End of London|West End]] via an underground railway since the 1860s. The Waterloo & Whitehall Railway began construction of a line towards [[Whitehall]], but it was abandoned in 1868 because of financial difficulties.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=219}} The first underground line to be opened at Waterloo was the [[Waterloo & City line|Waterloo & City Railway]] to [[Bank tube station|Bank]], colloquially known as "The Drain" owing to its access via a sloping subway at the Bank end.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/research-guide-no-29-brief-history-of-the-waterloo-and-city-line.pdf|title=ResearchGuide No 29: Brief History of the Waterloo & City Line|publisher=Transport for London|date=10 July 2015|access-date=18 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204709/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/research-guide-no-29-brief-history-of-the-waterloo-and-city-line.pdf|archive-date=18 September 2017}}</ref> It opened on 8 August 1898, and was part-owned by the L&SWR, who took over full ownership in 1907. It was primarily designed for commuters and not normally open on Sundays.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=219}} Since the [[COVID-19 pandemic in United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]], the line has only been open on weekdays.<ref name="W&C weekday service">{{Cite web |date=20 October 2021 |title=London Underground's Waterloo & City line to return to full weekday service following pandemic reductions |url=https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/129845/waterloo-city-line-full-service/ |access-date=26 August 2024 |publisher=Intelligent Transport |quote=Following closure due to the pandemic and then operating a limited service from June 2021, TfL has announced that the Waterloo & City tube line will now return to a full weekday service.}}</ref>

The [[Baker Street and Waterloo Railway]] (now part of the [[Bakerloo line]]) opened on 10 March 1906, and was initially accessed from Waterloo by lifts at the York Road end of the station.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=220}} The [[Northern line]]'s station at Waterloo opened on 13 September 1926, as part of the overall extension from Charing Cross to [[Kennington tube station|Kennington]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=233}} The [[Jubilee line]] station opened on 24 September 1999 as part of the eastward extension to [[Stratford tube station|Stratford]].{{sfn|Demuth|2004|p=30}}

{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=London Underground
|line1=Bakerloo|left1=Embankment|right1=Lambeth North
|line2=Northern|left2=Embankment|right2=Kennington|type2=Charing Cross
|line3=Jubilee|left3=Westminster|right3=Southwark
|line4=Waterloo & City|right4=Bank
}}