London Waterloo - station, services, facilities, incidents - and some quirks / odd facts (merged posts)

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[grahame]

Does anyone fancy being landlord to 7 new MPs^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) within easy walking distance of the Palace of Westminster?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147548858

Dexters are delighted to introduce for sale this iconic Grade II Listed landmark building, Westminster Bridge House located on Westminster Bridge Road set within close proximity to London Waterloo station.

Constructed 1902, Westminster Bridge House, was the former offices and first-class entrance to the London Necropolis Railway, providing access to the London Necropolis Railway Station commonly known as "Cemetery Station".

The station closed in 1941 and the building was subsequently purchased by Transmarine Shipping Agencies Limited and used as their London Head Offices until 1987 when the property was acquired by Picasso Investment Corporation.

The grand façade and arched entrance provides access to this ornate Edwardian building featuring circa 750 square metres (8,076 sq ft) of internal space. The building is arranged over six floors plus a basement room and is currently designated as office space (Use Class E).

This historic building will be sold with the benefit of full planning permission for the change of use from the existing office space (Use Class E) to residential dwellings (Use Class C3) creating seven luxury private residential apartments (4nos. one-bedroom apartments and 3nos. two-bedroom apartments).

[infoman]

Also an episode of fools and horse's was filmed at the station,

and direct HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s trains from London Waterloo non stop to Bath and Bristol and onto Cardiff in the 1990's.

[grahame]

and direct HST^▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s trains from London Waterloo non stop to Bath and Bristol and onto Cardiff in the 1990's.

I recall taking a train at Manchester Piccadilly (hotel) to Stockport (where I was giving a course) ... and listening to the announcement of where it was going ... Bradford-on-Avon ... Waterloo.