Denis McMahon wrote:


Commuters don't spend 30 minutes each time they visit Waterloo wandering
round the shops, and it's not like Victoria which is (a) the London end
of some of a busy airport's main rail links

OTOH that's probably not relevant. Tourists laden down with suitcases
and in a hurry to catch a plane, are less likely to go upstairs and
look around shops. Plenty of time for that in the departure lounge
later.

But a commuter who's just missed his one-an-hour train back home to
somewhere on the south coast might want to kill time in the shops
while waiting for the next one.

(b) In a much more touristy
area and (c) better served by Underground services for visitors to the
capital.


And these probably aren't even true.

Yes, Victoria has Buckingham Palace. But Waterloo has the London Eye
(or whatever it's calling itself this week) as well as the Aquarium
and the IMAX. And it's probably more convenient for Big Ben and
Trafalgar Square too.

Meanwhile Victoria is on three Underground lines while Waterloo is on
four. Last time I checked three was less than four.