[otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

[otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

Posted by grahame at 15:33, 1st August 2026

Affectionetley known as "The Drain", the Waterloo and City line was opened 8.8.1898 by the London and South Western Railway to link their Waterloo terminus to the city at Bank.

We've mentioned the line in the past, but don't seem to have a dedicated thread. Would anyone like to add a brief history of the line?

Re: [otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

Posted by ChrisB at 19:40, 1st August 2026

It's only 01.08 today - you're a week ahead of yourself?

Re: [otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:05, 1st August 2026

I rather think grahame was asking for contributions ready to start a new topic on 8 August. I started a new topic on the Wantage Tramway today, so grahame could add it to 'OTD', but that was done somewhat at the last minute.

Re: [otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

Posted by grahame at 05:36, 2nd August 2026

: ChrisB

It's only 01.08 today - you're a week ahead of yourself?

: Chris from Nailsea

Indeed I am "seeding" a thread. "On this day" headlines a topic from midnight to midnight on the day in question, and it has struck me a number of times that something that comes up there without a reference thread results in a bit of a rushed addition of a thread reference / response. Not necessarily a bad thing though the addition of the link is something which relies on a piece of kludge "webmaster only" code that puts urgent action solely onto me. It's not a huge issue in the history of mankind (or even of the coffee shop) but in this case I chose to sew the seeds early.

Re: [otd] 8th August (1898) - opening of the Waterloo and City line

Posted by ChrisB at 21:15, 2nd August 2026

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_line

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