Editing London Waterloo station (section)

==Cultural references==
In the 1990s, after Waterloo station was chosen as the British terminus for the [[Eurostar]] train service, Florent Longuepée, a municipal councillor in Paris, wrote to the British Prime Minister requesting that the station be renamed because he said it was upsetting for the French to be reminded of Napoleon's defeat when they arrived in London by Eurostar.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/208881.stm |title=UK Waterloo insult to French visitors |work=BBC News |location=London |date=6 November 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104215452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/208881.stm |archive-date=4 January 2008 }}</ref> There is a name counterpart in Paris: the [[Gare d'Austerlitz]] is named after the [[Battle of Austerlitz]], one of Napoleon's greatest victories (over the Russians and Austrians).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raileurope.com/europe-travel-guide/france/paris/train-station/austerlitz-train-station.html|title=Paris Austerlitz Train Station|publisher=Rail Europe|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>

The clock at Waterloo has been cited as one of the most romantic spots for a couple to meet,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/waterloo-meeting-point-clocks-off-6708797.html|title=Waterloo meeting point clocks off|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=12 April 2012|access-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204709/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/waterloo-meeting-point-clocks-off-6708797.html|archive-date=18 September 2017}}</ref> and fictional examples include [[Derek Trotter|Derek "Del Boy" Trotter]] meeting Raquel in the British sit-com ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldtravelguide.net/features/feature/the-10-most-romantic-spots-to-kiss-in-england/|title=The 10 most romantic spots to kiss in England|publisher=World Travel Guide|access-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204709/https://www.worldtravelguide.net/features/feature/the-10-most-romantic-spots-to-kiss-in-england/|archive-date=18 September 2017}}</ref> and Jack meeting Nancy in the film ''[[Man Up (film)|Man Up]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/29/simon-pegg-man-up-star-trek-interview_n_7468580.html|title=Simon Pegg On Swapping Laughs For Romance In "Man Up", And Keeping Hold Of The "Star Trek 3" Script – Just!|work=Huffington Post|date=29 May 2015|access-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025130257/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/29/simon-pegg-man-up-star-trek-interview_n_7468580.html|archive-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>

[[File:TerenceCuneoStatueWaterloo.jpg|thumb|upright|The statue of Terence Cuneo by Philip Jackson formerly at Waterloo]]
Waterloo has appeared in fiction several times. In [[Jerome K. Jerome]]'s 1889 comic novel, ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'', the protagonists spend some time in the station, trying to find their train to [[Kingston upon Thames]]. After being given contradictory information by every railway employee they speak to, they eventually bribe a train driver to take his train to their destination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm |title=Three men in a boat |first=Jerome K |last=Jerome |year=1889 |publisher=Project Gutenberg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309002439/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/308/308-h/308-h.htm |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref> In [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] and [[Lloyd Osbourne]]'s 1889 novel ''[[The Wrong Box (novel)|The Wrong Box]]'', much of the farcical plot revolves around the misdelivery of two boxes at Waterloo station, and the attempts by the various protagonists to retrieve them. In [[H. G. Wells]]' 1897 science fiction novel, ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'', the little used, and long since vanished, connecting track across the station concourse to Waterloo East station makes an appearance.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/warworlds/b1c14.html |title = The War of the Worlds |chapter = 14 – In London |first = Herbert George |last = Wells |publisher = fourmilab.ch |year = 1897 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150327052352/http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/warworlds/b1c14.html |archive-date = 27 March 2015 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> [[John Cowper Powys]] refers to the Waterloo Station steps in ''[[Wolf Solent]]'' where his protagonist, when leaving Waterloo for Dorset at the start of the novel, sees a vagrant with a face of "inert despair" who haunts him throughout the ensuing action as a reminder of eternal human suffering.<ref>John Cowper Powys, ''Wolf Solent'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1929), p. 11</ref> The station features prominently in the action film ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'', with a complex chase sequence and assassination.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonist.com/2009/04/co-starring_london_the_bourne_ultim|title=Co-Starring London: The Bourne Ultimatum|date=19 April 2019|website=Londonist}}</ref>

The station is the subject of [[John Schlesinger]]'s 1961 documentary film ''[[Terminus (1961 film)|Terminus]]'',{{sfn|Christopher|2015|p=180}} while the 1970 British Transport film ''[[Rush Hour (1970 film)|Rush Hour]]'' includes several scenes filmed in the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrailways.tv/train-videos/2012/rush-hour-at-london-waterloo-station-in-1970/|title=Rush Hour at London Waterloo Station in 1970|publisher=British Railways TV|access-date=7 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204709/https://www.britishrailways.tv/train-videos/2012/rush-hour-at-london-waterloo-station-in-1970/|archive-date=18 September 2017}}</ref> The underground scenes in the 1998 romantic comedy ''[[Sliding Doors]]'' were partly shot at Waterloo tube station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/tube-150-10-great-films-underground|title=10 great films on the underground|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=7 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808002528/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/bfi-news/tube-150-10-great-films-underground|archive-date=8 August 2017}}</ref>

Two well-received images of the station are the two Southern Railway posters "Waterloo Station – War" and "Waterloo Station – Peace", painted by [[Helen McKie]] for the 1948 centenary of the station. The two pictures show hundreds of busy travellers all in exactly the same positions and poses, but with altered clothing and roles. The preparatory sketches for these were drawn between 1939 and 1942.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Watercolours + Works on Paper Fair|url=http://www.watercoloursfair.com/public/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160&Itemid=22|publisher=Watercolours Fair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521090423/http://www.watercoloursfair.com/public/index.php|archive-date=21 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Shell Waterloo Painting 1981 – The Generation of Alternatives.jpg|thumb|Shell Waterloo Painting 1981 – The Generation of Alternatives by Jane Boyd]] In 1981, Shell UK ran a competition a work of art to be exhibited above Waterloo's Shell exit. The winner, [[Jane Boyd]], went on to be Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/living-history-jane-boyd/|title=Living History: Jane Boyd – Trinity College Cambridge|date=3 January 2019 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref> Other paintings of the station include the huge 1967 work by [[Terence Cuneo]], in the collection of the [[National Railway Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalrailwaymuseum.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/moving-waterloo-station|title=Moving Waterloo Station|date=22 July 2010|publisher=National Railway Museum|access-date=25 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171333/http://nationalrailwaymuseum.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/moving-waterloo-station/|archive-date=4 November 2012}}</ref> A statue of Terence Cuneo by [[Philip Jackson (sculptor)|Philip Jackson]] was installed on the concourse in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=latest&id=7133|access-date=25 January 2013|publisher=London Borough of Lambeth|year=2004|title=Statue of Terence Cuneo, Waterloo Station|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521123352/http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_page.asp?section=latest&id=7133|archive-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> It was removed in 2014 during remodelling of the concourse.<ref>{{cite web |title=Terence Cuneo statue removed from Waterloo Station |url=https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7751 |website=LondonSE1 |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref>

In 2010, two of the disused platforms hosted a theatrical performance of ''[[The Railway Children]]'' by [[E. Nesbit]]. The audience was seated either side of the actual railway track. The show included the use of a steam locomotive coupled to one of the original carriages from the 1970s film (propelled by a [[diesel locomotive]]). The performance moved to London after two acclaimed summer runs at the [[National Railway Museum]] in York.<ref>{{cite news|title = The Railway Children: weepie that will never run out of steam|first = David|last = Gritten|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/7854198/The-Railway-Children-weepie-that-will-never-run-out-of-steam.html|newspaper = The Daily Telegraph|location = London|date = 29 June 2010|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111219080431/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/7854198/The-Railway-Children-weepie-that-will-never-run-out-of-steam.html|archive-date = 19 December 2011|df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Waterloo and Waterloo Underground are the setting for the [[The Kinks|Kinks']] song "[[Waterloo Sunset]]", recorded in 1967. It was originally titled "Liverpool Sunset" but changed as the band decided there were too many songs about that city.{{sfn|Le Vay|Le Vay|2014|p=201}} Its lyric describes two people (Terry and Julie) meeting at Waterloo Station and crossing the river, and was also inspired by the 1951 [[Festival of Britain]]. The band's biographer, Nick Hasted said the song "has made millions contemplatively pause around Waterloo, a busy urban area the record gives a sacred glow".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ray-davies-how-a-lonely-londoner-created-one-of-the-great-sixties-songs-2343826.html|title=Ray Davies – How a lonely Londoner created one of the great Sixties songs|first=Nick|last=Hasted|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 August 2011|access-date=2 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802165202/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/ray-davies-how-a-lonely-londoner-created-one-of-the-great-sixties-songs-2343826.html|archive-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>