Underground

[woodelf]

How easy and how many stops is it from Waterloo to Charing Cross on the tube? Ta Muchly.

[Buenchico]

It's just 2 stops away, travelling northbound, on the Northern Line (although you could actually get off just after one stop, at Embankment, since it also serves Charing Cross mainline station).

Chris

[Buenchico]

PS: A northbound Bakerloo line train will also take you to Embankment & Charing Cross.

[sara3]

this might help..

http://www.propertyinvesting.net/cgi-script/cs News/image_upload/specialreports_2edb.London%2 0Tube%20Map.gif

[woodelf]

Very Many Thanks Indeed Chris...you're a gem...or a gemess!...smile.

[woodelf]

Thanks again guys.

[woodelf]

I'm sorry to be a Pain in the A, but how far is it from Waterloo main line to Charing Cross main line...if there is one? Ta Great Muchly.

[Buenchico]

Waterloo Underground Station is in (or, rather, under!) Waterloo Mainline Station. Likewise, Charing Cross Underground station is below Charing Cross Mainline station. So the answer to your subsidiary question is effectively identical to the answer to your original question. (i.e. a couple of stops on the Underground).

If you're thinking of walking (using the Hungerford footbridges) it's � a mile. By taxi it's about 3 quarters of a mile, since a cab would have to go via either Waterloo Bridge or Westminster Bridge.

Chris

[Buenchico]

OK, I admit it. I'm now kicking myself!!!!

Because your original question specifically referred to using the Underground, I provided an answer based on that method of travel. But, now that I've thought about the two Hungerford footbridges, I've remembered that they're located either side of the Hungerford rail bridge, which conveys mainline train services over the river.

Here's the easiest way to get from Waterloo mainline station to Charing Cross mainline station:

At Waterloo follow the signs, across the walkway, to Waterloo East station, which is next door to Waterloo station. Trains runs from there, directly to Charing Cross mainline station, every few minutes, with a journey time of just three or four minutes.

I assume that you're arriving at Waterloo on a mainline service. Check with your departure station; you might find that you can travel on to Charing Cross, via Waterloo East, without paying any additional fare. If not, there should only be a very small supplement.

Chris

[woodelf]

Thanks Chris. I'm asking on behalf of someone who isn't too confident on the tube, so if to C. Cross main line is over the Waterloo footbridge and half a mile to walk...if that's correct?

[woodelf]

You're brilliant Chris, Many Thanks.

[Buenchico]

I'd still recommend sending them to Waterloo East station, as above. (That way they only use overground rail travel).

If they're planning on walking, they need to head for the Hungerford Bridges, not Waterloo Bridge. (Hungerford Bridge used to be a single bridge, accessible only to trains. But they've now constructed two footbridges, running on either side of the rail bridge).

There are several exits from Waterloo Station; it's easy for inexperienced travellers to become disorientated. So heading for Waterloo East (which is well sign-posted) is probably the better option. If they insist upon walking, I've scanned a map for you:
http://i29.tinypic.com/t62umd.jpg
(if your browser resizes images to fit the window, click on the map to see it full-size).

Chris

[woodelf]

who are you????...God?...no offence meant if you're a believer.

[dzug]

If the traveller is trying to get to Charing Cross to get a train then there's no need. All trains leaving Charing Cross call at Waterloo East. Just get it there - no need to travel into Charing Cross and out again.

[Cathyhuns]

If the ticket into London says London Terminals, then there's no charge to travel to Charing Cross from Waterloo East on the mainline service, although there would be cost to travel on the Underground or bus.