The London Brighton and South Coast Railway opened their side of the station in 1860. Another part of the station, The London Chatham and Dover Railway (later South East and Chatham Railway, or SECR) was opened on 25 August 1862.
The 1860 building was replaced in 1906 with the one in our picture. This has some in two of the entrance passageways.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Victoria Station
According to Wikipedia the State of Victoria was founded in 1851 so this plaq...
Initially named London and Southampton Railway it connected all the way to Plymouth into a London terminus at Nine Elms. The line was extended in 1848 to terminate at the new station Waterloo. L&am...
The first tunnel in the world under a navigable river. Built between 1825 and 1843 using the tunnelling shield technology invented by Marc Brunel. It was originally intended to be used for horse-dr...
A shuttle service between Waterloo and Bank (previously 'City') stations designed for commuters. Â View from the Mirror has a very good post on this line. Londonist have a good succinct history of ...
An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train from Swansea failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing its path. Seven people were killed and 139 inj...
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