Waterloo & City Line

The Waterloo & City line offers a very quick link between Waterloo and Bank stations, which is of great use to the banking community and as Fenchurch street is only a 10 minute walk from Bank station it also provides a useful link from waterloo to the C2C services. The line consists of 5 trains serviced by Central line staff,and driven by Leytonstone based drivers. The trains themselves are fast and mostly reliable,only taking 4 minutes for the journey. The trains are 1992 stock which are almost identical to the Central line stock,the only main difference being that the W&C trains are driven manually 100% of the time as they are not equipped with ...  Read the complete review

I've used the "Waterloo and S***y" line for three years, on and off - and it's not as bad as it looks. When you step off the platform at Waterloo and see the crowds of people on the sloping platform and steps leading to the tunnels it can be quite soul-destroying, and the massed ranks of bored commuters flicking listlessly through the Metro is quite a sight. The queues aren't as bad as they look and move quite quickly - if the trains are running okay, that is. Otherwise, you can be there for forty minutes or more... As the quickest and most convenient link from, er, Waterloo to the City, the line is massively busy during the rush ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who have never had the experiance of using the Waterloo and City line then I feel its my duty to warn you of what you might expect. As the name of the line suggests the line operates between Waterloo station and Bank station. Where this line differs from most of the other lines is that because it exists purely for the business community, there is no weekend service, and the last weekday service is at 9:30pm. Trains are frequent and when everything is running smoothly you should expect a train to turn up evry 2-5 minutes. Waterloo has only a huge ramp and a wide set of stairs as access to the platform fo this line. This can ...  Read the complete review

Possibly the bumpiest and noisiest line on the network, the waterloo and city line is completely empty during off-peak, and packed full at peak time. beware, unseasoned travellers, for commuters are unforgiving of hesitation. when you get on, go straight to a suitable standing point or dive for the seat. if you stand, for god's sake move right down in side the carriage, making use of all available space. you'll be eaten alive if you don't. when you get off, let youself be carried by the rest of the crowd if you don't know which direction to go - hesitation will definitely result in injury. the line only has two stops, and is ...  Read the complete review