The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-23 00:00:00

EXTENSION OF THE WATERLOO
TERMINUS.

The directors of the South Western Railway are
now extending their station at Waterloo for the
purpose of providing additional and separates space for
the local traffic on the main line to Wimbledon,
Epsom, Leatherhead, Eurbiton. and Hampton-court,
so that to set free the room on the old station for their
main line through traffic. This accommodation is
be
ing carried out by an extensive widening of the
on the south-east aide of the old terminus, the
whole of which is constructed on • viaduct, where the
foundations hays been peculiarly treacherous and
difficult to do with, it haring been neceary in some
cases to carry them to • depth of upward.. of 20f1.,
when an artificial foundation haa been formed with
concrete on blue lies lime. Upon this the piers have
bat, and the arches turned in Portland cement, The
additional viaduct, ties formed will provide a very
large platform, having a double frontageigroached
Th by two lines of rails, e length of the one will
be 800 ft , varying in width from 82 to t. At the
Waterloo-rood end, adjoining the offices, there
will be • very large area of platform space to
accommodate the large crowds which frequently
assemble during race Weeks and other occasions. The
whole of Mi. arm of plat/ono and lines of rails is now
being covered with a suitable rooting carried on
wrought iron girders, and covered with zinc and glees.
Facing the main street there will be • handsome range
of offices extending 16011, in length, and consisting of
booking Aloes, general waiting rooms, besides waiting
room, refreshment room, and telegraph office. These
will be reached from the present station by means of a
covered gangway or bridge over the old 460011, and
which will be winged to give access for carriages in
waiting for trains arriving at the new station.
Hydraulic machinery will be provided for working the
luggage hoists from the street level to the platform,
also to convey the meat and milk traffic to one of the
arches under the viaduct. This hydraulic machinery
will be used in case of fire, affording • pressure of
11001 b. or 7001 b. per uses inch and being capable of
throwing water to the highest point of the station with
considerable force. An extensive rings of offices Ii
also being constructed next the old station, forming an
arcade over the footpath leading from the Waterloo'
road to the main line departure side. The lower the
or platform of them building. will be utilised for book-
ing and other offices, and the fint floor or level will
contain an extenalon of the offices acommodation of the
company. In connection with the working of this
new terminus and the old nation, the locking frame
which is placed on the bridge over the lines near the
Westminsterroad, and which is now the largest frame
In the world, will be further extended, and will com-
prise about 150 levers, which will work the points,
locking bars, and all of which will be inter-
locked in each a manner that it will be mechanically
impossible for the signalmen to give connoting signals,
or to cause a mishap in any way from mistake. The
platform in the new station will be the moat extensive
r station in the metropolis. The works are
passenger
out to meet the requirements of Mr.
Archibald Scott, the heneral manager, from plans and
designs prepared by Mr. W. Jacomb, the chief
resident engineer, and are being executed by Mesas.
Perry and Co., builders, of Bow. The dranlic
machinery will be provided and fixed by Sir William
Armstrong and Co. It is expected that the new
station will be opened about the first of July, and
immediately upon this, considerable improvement
will be elected in the old terminus to give
facility for the working of the through ha,le to
South-
ampton, Portsmouth, and the West oi Englanc
Dorchester, and Weymouth; and with the view
facilitating the Isle of Wight traffic, via Portsmouth,
the company has just comp/flied the doubling of their
line, which is by far the shortest route to that part of
the South Coast.