London Waterloo East Railway Station
Waterloo East station, also known as London Waterloo East, is a railway station in central London on the line from Charing Cross through London Bridge to Kent. It is managed by Southeastern and is in Travelcard Zone 1. The four platforms are lettered, not numbered, to avoid confusion with those of the adjoining larger terminal London Waterloo (a stratagem also used for the Thameslink platforms at St Pancras International and their predecessors at King's Cross Thameslink, and at New Cross).
Although a through station, it is classed for ticketing purposes as a central London railway terminus. An elevated walkway across Waterloo Road connects it to London Waterloo station and provides the main access; the eastern ends of Waterloo East platforms have pedestrian connection to Southwark station on the London Underground Jubilee line; at street level there is a modest entrance in Sandell Street. There is no station building; the ticket office of the main station serves it, though there are ticket machines at the eastern end of the walkway.
Ticket barriers have been installed at Sandell Street and Southwark station entrances, and have now also been installed at the main entrance from Waterloo station following the completion of the new balcony.
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