Originally posted by catsilversword
Originally posted by willd
Do we have any idea of what the old international terminal at Waterloo will be used for once the move happens?! In otherwords am I going to be boarding my SWT train from the international station?
I wondered that too - anyone have inside info?
I heard that it's unlikely due to the track layout to get to and from the International platforms. It's set up based on the assumption that anything out of those platforms will diverge at Nine Elms and head over the flyover (i.e. the current Eurostar route).
You can also easily get from the International platforms to the Windsor lines, i.e. that head off toward Putney at Clapham Junction, but that's pretty much it without involving conflicting movements across flat junctions, which would cause congestion and slow things up. So I wouldn't expect Weymouth fasts and the like to start using the Eurostar terminal.
One thing which has sprung to mind, that as far as I know hasn't been suggested yet, is that the old Waterloo International platforms could be useful to relieve loading on South Eastern through London Bridge during the Thameslink rebuild, as any such trains would follow the same routing as the Eurostar through the Nine Elms area. Wonder if anyone has thought of that?
Mike
