What's wrong with Waterloo ?

Question

Eurostar trains will be routed to St Pancras starting next November. Anyone knows why Waterloo station won't be used any more ? What is the problem with it ?

Answer 1

i dont thin kthere is anything wrong maybe they want to use that line for something else

Answer 2

there's too much water in the loo!

Answer 3

All i know is it is d**n annoying as travelling up from Weymouth, Bournemouth Southampton etc going to paris is so easy....Now i will fly, coz the amount of time it will take me to get from Waterloo to St Pancras and back again, will make it more affordable and quicker to fly.

Answer 4

Probably because the trains from the North come into Kings Cross so there will be no need to cross London anymore. Oh and it's in the charging zone.

Answer 5

oNE OF THE WORKERS LOST HIS POCKET WATCH ON THE TRACK AND THERE TRYING TO FIND IT, ITS FOR 65 YEARS WORKING ON THE LINE HE HAS TO FIND IT. BRITISH RAIL HAVE OFFERED A REWARD OF 1000 POUNDS TO ANYBODY WHO CAN HELP FIND IT BUT U CANT JUST GO WALKING ON THE TRACK U HAVE TO GO TO B.R. AND PUT UR NAME DOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE SEARCH PARTY TO TRY AND FIND IT

Answer 6

Nothing is wrong with Waterloo other than it was easier to build Phase two of the High Speed Rail link north of the Thames. St Pancras is easier for many people travelling from the north of England (pity about the answerer who lives in Weymouth). Also the Government have plans to revitalise the 'Thames Gateway/Corridor to the east of London and the new rail line fits in with those plans. It's also worked out fine for the 2012 Olympics. Also Waterloo is running out of space and the Channel Tunnel platforms can be used for domestic services.

Answer 7

Overcrowding being the main problem, not on the train, but on the lines outside. Also the new fast line is now open so it is quicker from St Pancras and does not run over any existing track so not causing any new problems.

Answer 8

You can knock an hour off the journey time with a high speed line and compete with the airlines.

To get to Waterloo from the tunnel, you have to go through the highly populated area of South London.  You either run the trains over the existing nineteenth century trackbeds or you have to build a high speed line displacing around a million people.

By crossing the Thames at the Gravesham marshes and using the derelict land East of London (thanks Hitler) you can get a high speed line into central London and only displace a few hundred people.  St Pancras just happened to be a great building and train shed that wasn't doing very much.

Answer 9

Waterloo, was only a temporary station for Eurostar & it was alwasys planed since befor the Privatisation of the railway that a new highspeed line would be built from the channel tunnel to St Pancras. The reason that St Pancras  was chosen was that it has close proxsimity to all the lines running North out of London, so in the long term meaning quicker access to europe from places like Glasgow.

The other reason is that at the moment Eurostar has to run its trains up the suburban lines through The South East & South East London  so slowing the service & there is no land to build new fast lines, while putting it through to St Pancras there was planty of old railway land where the lines could be built on.

Mr old know all has answered spot on, so I would nominate him with the 10 pints & Points!

I hope that my answer helps.

Joolz

Answer 10

It was extremely hard owing to congested commuter lines to get the high speed rail link to go to Waterloo - much easier if it comes into North London where the Kings Cross basin area was less congested and had more land available for building.

Getting to St Pancaras will add another 20 minutes on the journey time if you're coming from Waterloo - this will be more than made up for by the faster speed which the Eurostar will travel on the purpose built lines

Answer 11

Brand new refurbished terminal and a purpose built high speed line to cater for the fast train from start to finish from St Pancras. The old line meant that the train had to go slow when travelling through the densly populated areas around Waterloo. The new line cuts the journey time right down.