I remember years ago that I was supposed to meet a friend at this station and my immediate thought was, gee, it can't be that big. Well, it turned out that I was completely wrong - this station is absolutely massive, much, much bigger than I have every experienced (in fact it is the biggest station in England). Yeah, so it turned out that I had absolutely no idea where to meet him (though we ended up meeting up anyway). Yeah, this station is nothing short of massive, and it simply took me ages just to locate the tube station so I could get back to my hotel. To a guy from Australia the size of this station is mindboggling. read more

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I thought Bank was the worst, but Waterloo definitely gives it a run for its money. It's a very busy station, possibly the busiest, with Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City lines meeting here underground, as well as being the terminus for South West Trains. Getting from one to the other involves lots and lots of walking and the signage could use a little improvement. If you do have to connect here, I advice you pack some patience. Lots of it. And maybe a compass. Note: The Bakerloo platform is curved. The carriages are straight. This means there's a gap of as much as six or eight inches between the train and the platform. Mind the gap. read more

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This train station should surrender to crappiness! Holy Napoleon, I thought some of the stations in NYC were bad, but this was really bad. I had to switch from Southeaster to South West trains here and the connection was long and climby and there was construction everywhere. The station is being worked on, so hopefully it will be nicer in the future because this is a major interchange and you can get just about anywhere from here. In short: A- Awful logistics B- Birds, as in nasty pigeons, everywhere B- Broken, many of the floor tiles A- Agonizing, what waiting for a train is like That spells ABBA * (you had to know where this was going) _________________________________ * http://youtu.be/Sj_9CiNkkn4 - memo to group members, you need more heel on your boots! read more

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The "Yay, I'm a fan!" caption for a four star rating doesn't really justify why I rate Waterloo a four star. 1) I am NOT A FAN of Waterloo mostly because I am not a fan of travelling underground or even getting on public transport but I have to. What does justify the rating for Waterloo is that it is well connected to various parts of London with the Bakerloo line heading to the West End, Northern Line going, well, North, Jubilee line heading South/South East and Waterloo and City line, a one stop tube only going back and forth from Bank to Waterloo, connecting the city to Waterloo. Apart from the tube services, Waterloo also offers overground trains to other areas out of London all the way up to Reading, Windsor and Eton Riverside and other counties on the South West Train not to mention the South East train towards Kent and other regions out East of London. Waterloo Station may also be a good place to get stuck if you have forgotten to get a gift for a friend or family member as their are dainty stores around the station. It also has a lot of coffee shops, sandwich bars and well, bars where an alcoholic beverage will definitely help the stress which comes from dodging people during rush hour! Waterloo is also quite central to famous sites like London Eye, House of Parliament and is a few minutes walk away from Southbank which offers a range of entertainment from food to drinks or just the great view of London by the river. Why I don't really like Waterloo? It is so BUSY! So busy that I can get stomped on due to how short I am and would be mistaken for an ant (if people can see me walk by). read more

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London Waterloo is quite a nice, more modern station in London, in a reasonable, central location, with quick access to the likes of Westminster through both tube and walking, and I would compare it to be one of the nicer train stations in London, definitely beating London Euston. Waterloo seems to be quite a large station, having a considerable number of places to eat and drink, compared to Euston, which makes me wonder, why long distance trains can't go from here, as it seems that would make it a lot better, with big names such as Starbucks, Mcdonalds, Wasabi and Carluccio's, all having stores here, which may not at Euston. I think this station is a far better place to spend your time, compared to Euston, especially because they is more eating places, rather than fast food, hence with more places to sit in, without being forced to stay outside or in cramped, busy, small stores. Boots, Lush and WHsmith are some of the shops that Waterloo has, it does have a reasonable selection for a train station, with the restaurants and fast-food / coffee outlets sweetening the deal, that little bit more. Waterloo also has tube connections, which means you can get off your train and get on the tube and vice-versa, the station seems to be accessible to a good level as well, also beating Euston and their underground station. They seems to be quite a lot of police around Waterloo, as with Euston and other busy London stations, which I feel is good as it makes you feel safer, and it is someone you can rely to on advice or finding somewhere, and the officers I spoken to did seem friendly and willing to help. In my opinion, Waterloo is one of the better stations in London, especially when considering the facilities, however it does lack something compared to stations like Euston, a nicer-outside part, most stations such as Piccadilly and Euston have this, but here it is very old, busy and not a place you want to even stay there for minutes, and certain entrances are also not very nice, and a little old. which surprises me a little compared to the main part of the station. I still feel 3 stars is fair as this is a great station to spend some time at before your train, mainly due to the facilities for food and drink, with places like Wasabi, Cabin and Carluccio's, where you can have more of a meal, rather than get grab and go food from the likes of Mcdonald's (Also available) read more

Over the many years I have travelled through this station it has moved with the times and always very busy (even @ 10.30pm) with people going home from late working or just out on the town. Shops have been improved and there's lots of Cafe type shops there to get your morning fix of caffeine and Croissant! currently (June 2015) the station concourse is promoting Jurrasic Park film with Dinosaurs you can pose with (see photos). I tend to travel from Waterloo East station which is a few minutes walk up the large escalators central to the station which leads you up to a balcony area which again has another Coffee place. read more

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I used this station to catch trains to the South-East, to Wimbledon, Windsor, Chessington etc. It has a massive concourse, and I always wonder if they give you enough time to get to your platforms, as the display only shows the platforms a few moments before the train departs, giving so little time to get through the barriers and get on the trains. I pity those who are old and disabled, who cannot reach their platforms quickly, or have trouble with their tickets at the barriers. There is a massive clock hanging in the middle of the concourse and often used for a meeting place, "meet under the clock"! And why does it always seem to be surrounded by building works and boardings. Been like that for years. read more

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I use this station every day to get to work. What I do like about the station though is the shops. It's very easy to pass by Boots and get any toiletries I'm running low on on my way home and I like being able to browse in Lush for anything that takes my fancy and get some quick crafts supplies and gifts from Paperchase. It's also a good station to kill time as you can shop, have a coffee or a drink at the pub above it while waiting for your train or your friends who may be late (let's face it... that happens more than we like). Another great thing for me is that the station also has some pretty cool seasonal decor, like the raptors from Jurassic World and the giant poppies for Remembrance Day so there's some pretty great selfie opportunities too. read more

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Weird to review a railway station- but I'm a Waterloo fan. It's been sort of rubbish in the past but they've FINALLY finished renovating the upstairs bit so now it's great! If you're early for a train I recommend bypassing the busy downstairs stuff (Starbucks, WH Smith, M&S) and popping upstairs for Paperchase, Hotel Chocolat and Benugo for a drink or a quick window shop. This is my favourite station because it's not too big or too small, I get lost in St Pancras and I'm bored in Marylebone- Waterloo is a great size. Plus if you're picking up tourists it's close to South Bank and the London Eye. OH and if you're going to grab a burger go down the escalator to Mc Donald's because the Burger King here is really expensive. read more

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I like this train station - it's easily accessible via the Tube, has a lot of trains that depart fairly frequently and a lot of kiosks to buy your ticket. I've never had to wait in line to buy a ticket at the machines. The screens are large and pretty clear to help you figure out what train to take, and you can see all the different platforms. There are a lot of shops in this station to buy food - including Pret-a-Manger if you want a salad for something healthy. There's also Upper Crust or places to get coffee or a Boots if you need to pick up something there. You don't have to walk too far to get to the Tube, which is nice and the place has a lot of natural sunlight. The station is pretty, and they even have a Christmas tree during the holidays. All in all, a fine station to take the train and it's pretty centrally located. It's close to Borough Market too, which is nice if you want a good selection of food before or after your train gets in. read more

Waterloo is a nice and clean station and a good meeting place. It can get confusing, especially for a little old tourist like me! It's fast paced at most hours of the day, but people won't trample you over. If you need help, you can always ask for it! Just pay attention to the train schedules so you don't miss your train! They also have some shops and places to grab a bite to eat if you're waiting for a train or some company. Mind the gap! read more

We were in and out of Waterloo station 15 times this week easily. It was the underground station nearest our hotel, so it was our starting and ending point for every adventure we had in our first week in London, whether we were traveling by tube or on the First Southwest RR. We came to Waterloo expecting it to be a large and efficient rail hub, but we were not expecting it to be a gracious and emotionally impactful Beaux Arts war memorial. The week we were here, it was also a centre of marketing for the new Ghostbusters remake. We had a fun time posing with the creepy StayPuft Marshmallow Man and having our photo with a Ghostbuster. Waterloo met many of our needs: for safe and efficient travel, for nutritious healthy food fast and on a budget (Pret a Manger), for various sundry needs (Boots chemists), and advice on how to the around London. We were NOT HAPPY with the pay toilets. 30p to use the toilet in the train station (when the trains lack looks sometimes) is just rude. Everyone I spoke to about this were outraged by it. Pay toilets disappeared from the US in the 1970s, and the next one I saw in my life was at this station in 2016. Toilets are a public convenience and they SHOULD BE FREE to use! Sorry Waterloo -- your pay toilets cost you a 5 star rating. read more

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Waterloo Station is the main hub for South West Trains for journeys down to the South Coast and South West England The station has undergone quite a bit of building work over recent years and they have added shops, bars and restaurants on a new Mezzanine level above the main concourse Always busy but especially so in morning and evening peak week periods Open return Waterloo to Bournemouth £37.55, using a Network Railcard read more

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Hell hath no fury like... Waterloo station at rush hour. Bedlam. Absolute bedlam. There is nothing good about Waterloo station.* Here's to hoping that current renovations will make this place less hellish. ____________________________ *except, perhaps, Scootercaffè, which is just around the corner on Lower Marsh. It's a perfect pitstop for when all trains from Waterloo have stopped running because of signalling failure in Addlestone or someone being hit by a train in Wimbledon, which happens with an alarming frequency. read more

Personally I like Waterloo Station as is big and plenty of overground and underground trains to get to many different places. There is also plenty of cabs and bike parking around Waterloo. There is also some pubs/cafes and nice shops in Waterloo from clothes shops to toiletry shops (Lush). At present (early June) they have a dinosaur prop in the station to celebrate the release of the new Jurassic Park film that is coming out. read more

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Waterloo Station: perennial renovations, a chaotic clash between throngs of commuters and the disorientation of escalators, travellators and bifurcated points of entry and exit. In other words, it's not everybody'd favourite transport hub. But you have to excuse it- it's the largest train station in Great Britain and I remember back in 2006, when the only quick sandwich could be sourced from a (heavily raided) M&S or a dubious Whistlestop. Since then, the station's concourse has been utterly transformed and now caters to a wide range of culinary, commercial and coffee needs. Given it's prime location- only minutes away from the Southbank Centre, the London Eye and The Old (and Young) Vic, Waterloo is a place where tourists and Londoners come together to survive the urban jungle. Putting this aside, Waterloo Station has something else- a romantic quality, if you will. Think Abba, think The Kinks- they venerated it in song. And, for me, there is something beautiful about meeting someone under one of London's most famous rendezvous points: the four faced clock, hanging over the main station floor, made by Gents of Leicester and thought to date back to the 1920s. It's a beautiful horological feat to behold. Here, couples meet and saunter away, arm-in-arm, to see a show, have a dinner or merely stroll along the Thames. In fact, it was one of the first places I met my partner of almost 7 years- and we still meet here to this day. 'Meet me at Waterloo' is tacitly understood to mean 'stand underneath the clock and I'll spot you.' So, despite its somewhat anarchic surroundings of travellers and cancellations, I suspect that the clock at Waterloo Station is still one of the most romantic spots in London. Everyone should meet their sweetheart here at least once- there's something very whimsical about asking someone to meet you underneath the clock at Waterloo, even for me after all these years. read more

It is busy. It is crowded. What railway station in London is not? It is relatively clean and seems to be a work in motion. The newer sections are nice. Nothing says welcome to the English rail system then staring at train board looking to see what time and platform your train leaves from. read more

Waterloo is the main connection point from where I live to central London, and it is really handy! It is pretty overwhelmingly big the first few times you visit, but you soon get used to it if you visit regularly. At certain times it is scarily busy, but I still find it a good place to meet friends before going over to Southbank (generally we meet under the big clock in the main hall, opposite the train platforms). There is quite an odd mix of shops at Waterloo, including Accesorize, Lush, Burger King, Marks & Sparks, Pret... Probably something for every occasion. And there are trains to many many places, as well as the underground, and good bus links too - a great transport hub! And South Bank is one of my favourite places, so I have been to Waterloo many a time and it holds a place in my heart :) read more

Big, can be very confusing if you walk out the wrong exit from the Tube platform. It's a train station connected to the Underground. Has a Marks & Spencer and a McDonald's inside, and is across the street from a Sainsbury's. read more

Holy construction Batman! My hope is that the construction will eventually ease the amount of confused people standing and just looking around in a daze (tinged with a bit of desperation and panic) as commuters bob and weave around them. Until then, the construction just adds to the confusion and congestion. And I am so glad that there are Londoners that find this station confusing as well. I've only been here once, to make my pilgrimage to Twickenham for the London Sevens. I left to get to Waterloo a little early since I had never been to the place and I am glad I did. For anyone traveling through Waterloo, give yourself a little extra time if you aren't familiar with it. That's just solid travel advice for any situation, but particularly for Waterloo. Instead of stopping in the middle of an advancing crowd (it is one of my pet peeves), I followed the crowd, eventually stopping off near a wall away from traffic to read all the signs. If I am being honest, I don't think the signs helped, so I just kept walking and eventually found my way. Not one of my favourite stations. read more

I love the Waterloo station. I think it's one of my favorite mass transit stations in the world. We come through here once every few years, when we travel from my husband's hometown in the south to London to visit his friends. I enjoy the crowds and the hustle and bustle and the vast expanse and the odd mix of natural and artificial lighting. I also appreciate the convenience of transferring from the trains to the subways here. We try to time our arrivals here so that we don't get caught in rush hour commutes. But there's nothing we can do about tourists who don't know how to stand on the correct side of escalators (which is why we opt to run on the stairs when we can). It can get confusing. Once we went through the wrong exit to catch our train back home. By the time we realized our mistake we realized we only had minutes to go before our train was leaving. A kind transportation official (after looking at our tickets) let us come back into the station through his gates and we were able to run to the correct gates to catch our train (which would have been the last train of the night back south.) read more

Connects you with Waterloo rail station with a short walk. Can get a little confusing do make sure you check the screens. read more

Waterloo Station is huge. It's a London Icon that is in many many films. It is so huge, that there are many entrances/exits to Waterloo station and many entrances/exits to the underground and some of them are not labeled. There is a clock in the middle of the station which is a good place to meet people. I've been meeting people under the clock for half my life. There are shops and places to eat both inside and nearby outside. It also has some un-used platforms. For about 5 years the Eurostar started from this station but it doesn't anymore. read more

Waterloo is a big transport hub in London. Really easy to use self service machines to buy tickets and loads of screens showing all trains departing with times and stations that the train stops at. It can get really busy in rush hour with people running to catch their trains so watch where you going and give yourself a bit of leeway in peak times to make sure you catch your train! The underground is right there and very easy to use, loads of signage displaying all routes to make sure you get to where you want to go. In summer it will get really hot, sweaty and crowded down there. Lots of cafes and options for food, pharmacy and a lush store to buy those relaxing bath salts for when you get home. read more

Like some other Tube stations the paths between lines are a little haphazard to say the least. It's probably due to lines being added later to the station and the building tunnels and steps round each other to connect them all. Poor logistical planning but deal with it. Bourne Ultimatum!!! It's a good idea to meet on top where the main rail platforms are but even then this place seems like a zoo. read more

Really poor customer service, South west trains need to really step up the training they give the ticket vendors read more

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Waterloo Station is very much a means for getting from A to B. Unlike some stations, it's not somewhere I would want to wait around too long, as it's not the most inviting place. There are number of places to eat & drink as well as various shops too. All in all, it does what it says on the tin. read more

The hustle and bustle of this place is amazing! I had no idea where I was going and finding a person to help at the help desk was easy but their willingness to help - not so much. There are shops to get that last minute item and food vendors to pass the time where you can even get a nice pint. 20 pence to use the loo kills me! I cannot understand charging to use the washroom. Every time I went others didn't have exact change and the line was backed up for this reason. read more

Some good shops but overall not a very pleasant experience. The pedestrian approach from the Thames path involves crossing a busy road. The bathrooms are gross and a queue forms because of the antiquated method of entering -- having to pay 30 p, in exact change (if you're lucky enough to have it, or have time to make change at the nearby M&S). And heaven forbid you're scheduled for platform 20. It's a hike from the rest of the station. We barely made our train even though we had 5 minutes upon arriving at the station. read more

Massive, puzzle like and confusing at first glance but once you decrypt it, this station is nice. Not a lot of seating place and chaos all around. Gets very very busy and almost feels like a stampede when a train arrives. Know where to go and how to go and you will enjoy this place. read more

Ugh. I'm here way too often. The station is great, though, with multiple coffee shops, WH Smiths, etc., many ticket machines and both a ticket counter and information booth. It is served well by a few underground lines and is well situated in the city. No complaints about this station except the distance I have to walk underground to get to my tube line. read more