Waterloo, London "For a list of street names etymologies in the area see: Street names of Waterloo" Waterloo is connected to the Strand area on the north bank of the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge. The first bridge on the site was opened in 1817 and the current bridge was opened in 1945. The bridge was named to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Waterloo Road also dates from this time, built on land belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.. St John's, Waterloo was constructed from 1822 by the Commissioners for Building New Churches as the population of the parish of
London Bridge Area Signalling Centre London Bridge Area Signalling Centre London Bridge Area Signalling Centre (ASC) is a signalling centre on the Kent Route of Network Rail Ltd. on the railway in Great Britain, principally covering the line from London (Charing Cross, Cannon Street and London Bridge) to Kent and Sussex route areas of Network Rail Ltd. The signalling centre opened in 1974. During 1974/75, the first section of the control panel in London Bridge ASC was commissioned, gradually replacing redundant signalling locations in the area and principally replacing the old 1923-built London Bridge signal box. Railway track layouts were altered to separate Cannon Street,