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{{Infobox London station
| name = Victoria Station
| image_name = London Victoria station -14Oct2008.jpg
| caption = The Grosvenor Hotel, the frontage of the Brighton Main Line platforms
| manager = [[Network Rail]]
| fare_zone = 1
| locale = Belgravia
| borough = [[City of Westminster]]
| coordinates   = {{coord|51.4952|-0.1441|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Central London
| platforms = 19
| railcode = VIC
| railexits0405 = 48.047
| railexits0506 = 47.860
| railexits0607 = 66.749
| railexits0708 = 77.462
}}

'''Victoria station''' is a major [[National Rail]], [[London Underground]] and [[coach station]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It is the second busiest [[Railway station terminus|railway terminus]] in [[London]] after [[Waterloo Station|Waterloo]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]]. It is named after  [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]].

== National Rail ==
The National Rail station is officially named 'London Victoria',<ref>Association of Train Operating Companies (2005). ''[http://nrekb.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/index.html?a=findStation&station_query=VIC National Rail Enquiries - Station Facilities for London Victoria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716235402/http://nrekb.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/index.html?a=findStation&station_query=VIC |date=2012-07-16 }}''. Retrieved 24 December 2005.</ref> 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, Kent|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 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.

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{{rail line|previous=|route=[[Venice Simplon Orient Express]]<br><small>London-Paris-Venice</small>|next=[[Folkestone West railway station|Folkestone West]]|col=000062}}
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== 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.<ref>[http://www.metronetrail.com/default.asp?sID=1078651544974 TfL Metronet]</ref> There are two ticket halls. The newer hall, closer to the mainline station, serves the [[Victoria Line]]; the other, farther north, serves the [[District Line|District]] and [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] Lines. The ticket halls are connected by a pedestrian passage beneath the Bus station.

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=== Gallery ===
<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
</gallery>

== 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 [[United Kingdom|UK]], and mainland [[Europe]].

=== Victoria bus station ===
The Victoria bus station is directly outside Victoria Station. It services only London Buses,<ref>A subsidiary of [[Transport for London]] (TfL).</ref> with 19 routes and 200 buses per hour at busy times. Bus 'spider' maps are available from TfL; they are designed like tube maps.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/victoria-2277.pdf Spider map for Victoria]</ref>

=== 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.<ref>[http://www.londontoolkit.com/accommodation/victoria_coach_station.htm The London Toolkit]</ref>

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|London Victoria station}}
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org/ London Transport Museum Photographic Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214150201/http://photos.ltmcollection.org/ |date=2012-02-14 }}
** Mainline station
*** {{ltmcollection|82/i0000982.jpg|Exterior view of Victoria station, 1890}}
*** {{ltmcollection|r3/i0000fr3.jpg|The departures board, platforms 12-14, 1933}}
** Underground station
*** {{ltmcollection|04/9824504.jpg|Original Metropolitan District Railway station, 1900}}
*** {{ltmcollection|37/9859037.jpg|Victoria Underground station, 1916}}
*** {{ltmcollection|94/9858194.jpg|Victoria Underground station with new construction above, 1928}}
*** {{ltmcollection|81/9869081.jpg|District Line ticket hall, 1938}}
*** {{ltmcollection|62/9891262.jpg|District & Circle Line ticket hall, 1971}}
*** {{ltmcollection|6j/i000096j.jpg|Victoria Line platform, 1974}}
*** {{ltmcollection|7k/i0000e7k.jpg|Busy escalators at Victoria, 1970}}
* [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/947.aspx Station information] on Victoria Station from [[Network Rail]]
* [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/For%20Passengers/Station%20Maps/4510_Victoria%20Station%20Map.pdf Platform Layout from Network Rail website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901152307/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/For%20Passengers/Station%20Maps/4510_Victoria%20Station%20Map.pdf |date=2012-09-01 }}

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