Editing London Waterloo station (section)

===Background===
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| short_title           = London and South Western Railway Metropolitan Extensions Act 1845
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and South-western Railway, and to authorize Extensions thereof from the Nine Elms Terminus to a Point near to Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges in the Parish of Saint Mary Lambeth, and to the Thames at Nine Elms in the Parish of Battersea, all in the County of Surrey.
| year                  = 1845
| citation              = [[8 & 9 Vict.]] c. clxv
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| royal_assent          = 31 July 1845
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/8-9/165/pdfs/ukla_18450165_en.pdf
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[[File:Waterloo station 1848.jpg|thumb|left|The original Waterloo station in 1848]]
[[File:London and its environs - a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views (1862) (14760430726).jpg|thumb|The station in 1862]]

Waterloo was built by the [[London and South Western Railway]] (L&SWR). It was not designed to be a [[train station#Terminus|terminus]], but a stop on an extension towards the City. It replaced the earlier {{rws|Nine Elms}}, which opened on 21 May 1838 and had connected London to [[Southampton]] since 11 May 1840.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=211}} By the mid-1840s, commuter services to [[Wandsworth Town railway station|Wandsworth]], {{rws|Wimbledon}}, [[Kingston (London) railway station|Kingston upon Thames]], {{rws|Ditton Marsh}} and {{rws|Weybridge}} had become an important part of L&SWR traffic, so the company looked for a terminus closer to [[Central London]] and the [[West End of London|West End]]. An [[act of Parliament (UK)|act of Parliament]], the '''{{visible anchor|London and South Western Railway Metropolitan Extensions Act 1845}}''' ([[8 & 9 Vict.]] c. clxv), was granted in 1845 to extend the line towards a site on York Road, close to [[Waterloo Bridge]]. The extension past Nine Elms involved demolishing 700 houses, and most of it was carried on a brick viaduct to minimise disruption. The longest bridge was {{convert|90|ft}} long and took the line over [[Westminster Bridge Road]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=213}} The approach to the new station carried four tracks, with the expectation that other companies would use it.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=214}}
The station was designed by [[William Tite]] and opened on 11 July 1848 as "Waterloo Bridge Station".{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=215}} Nine Elms closed for regular services at the same time, but [[Queen Victoria]] was fond of the privacy afforded by the old station, so it was kept open for her, and a replacement private station built on Wandsworth Road in 1854. Waterloo Bridge was originally laid out as a through station, as it was expected that services would eventually continue towards the [[City of London]]. The L&SWR purchased several properties along the route, before plans were cancelled following the [[Panic of 1847]].{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=215}} In October 1882, Waterloo Bridge station was officially renamed Waterloo, reflecting long-standing common usage, even in some L&SWR timetables.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=215}}