The roof upgrade of the Waterloo Station is approaching half of the brand

Visitors to the Waterloo Station cannot have noticed that parts of the roof are covered with scaffolding. It is there to support work to repair and replace the dirty glass roof and the network rail, says that you are now almost halfway to the end of the work.

So far, 10 of the 25 station calouts have been completed with the work on four of them. Work has also started on six of the nine Porte Cochere roofs over Cab Road. In total, the project is expected to replace around 10,000 glazing discs and is to be completed in early 2027.

The upgrade work was a complex project and included a protective layer in the ward under the glass shafts to ensure the safety of both passengers using the ward and in the engineers who work on site. Then an access scaffold is built to the protective location -decking to give engineers access to the roof bays.

Most of the important works had to take place overnight in the short time when the station was closed in the early morning. This includes building and dismantling the scaffold when you pull into a new bay and deliver materials and garbage are removed from the construction site.

As soon as the roof is finished, the roof provides a better station for passengers and offers better acoustics for station announcements.

Harry Watkin, project manager for the Waterloo Roof Upgrade, said on behalf of Network Rail and South Western Railway: “As soon as London Waterloo becomes cleaner and brighter for passengers, the acoustics for passengers will be easier to hear the passengers to hear the station. The kind of work. work. “

Network Rail teamed up with Tim Dunn to produce six films in the course of the year in which the history of the railway is presented while looking into the future. His film about London Waterloo can be seen below: