South Western Railway 450076 at Platform 19 Waterloo Station 25 9 2023

The curved roof on the left of this view covers what were the original Eurostar platforms. When the Channel Tunnel rail link first opened, in 1994, the line north of Ashford, in Kent, was not complete and trains were diverted off the high speed HS1 line on to conventional lines to complete their journeys to London. A site alongside Waterloo station was found, on which to build an international secure station. Since 2007 the Eurostar service now runs to its terminus at St. Pancras Station in the north of central London.