London Victoria station

**Victoria station** is a major National Rail, London Underground and coach station in the borough of City of Westminster. It is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is shortened after  Queen Victoria.

## National Rail 
The National Rail station is officially named 'London Victoria', a name that is sometimes used outside London, but never by Londoners. The station has two separate parts:

*The eastern (Chatham) side, platforms 1–8, is the terminus for services to Kent on the Chatham Main Line and its branches.
*The western (Brighton) side, platforms 9–19, is the terminus for services to Surrey and Sussex, including Gatwick Airport and Brighton on the Brighton Main Line and its branches.

This split is generally held to, as the track layout does not allow much swapping, with only a small number of connecting flyovers between the main lines in the Battersea area, and a single track connection just outside the station. As the Brighton side is the busier of the two, disruption on that line of the station sometimes results in some of its suburban services using the eastern side.  This is often true of the Gatwick Express, which travels along the Brighton Main Line, as it will often divert over Chatham side tracks during engineering works in order to maintain service levels.

Victoria also serves as the London terminus for the Venice Simplon Orient Express, from Platform 2, the longest platform.

There are ticket barriers to platforms 1-12 and 15-19. Platforms 13 and 14 don't have ticket barriers and this is where the Gatwick Express service departs.

## London Underground 
The London Underground station lies to the north of the mainline station concourse.It is currently the busiest station on the system with around 76 million using the station (not including interchanging passengers) as of 2007, 60.2 million (including interchanges) using the Victoria Line platforms. There are two ticket halls. The newer hall, closer to the mainline station, serves the Victoria Line; the other, farther north, serves the District and Circle Lines. The ticket halls are connected by a pedestrian passage beneath the Bus station.

### Gallery 

Image:Victoria tube stn northbound Victoria look south.JPG|Northbound Victoria line platform looking south (undergoing refurbishment, photo taken August 2008)
Image:Victoria Line southbound platform, Victoria LU station.jpg|The southbound Victoria Line platform.

Image:Victoria tube stn Victoria roundel.JPG|Platform roundel on Victoria line platform

## Coach and bus stations 
### Victoria coach station 
Victoria coach station is half a mile south-west of the railway stations. It is the largest and most significant coach station in London. It serves long distance coach services and is also the departure point for many countryside coach tours originating from London. It serves all parts of the UK, and mainland Europe.

### Victoria bus station 
The Victoria bus station is directly outside Victoria Station. It services only London Buses, with 19 routes and 200 buses per hour at busy times. Bus 'spider' maps are available from TfL; they are designed like tube maps.

### Green Line coach station 
The Green Line Coach Station is another coach station near Victoria Station. The station offers long distance coach services by Green Line Coaches and Greyhound UK.

## References 
## Other websites 
* London Transport Museum Photographic Archive 
** Mainline station
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** Underground station
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* Station information on Victoria Station from Network Rail
* Platform Layout from Network Rail website