Wonderful station large station.Platforms 15-19 take you to the south coast,East Croydon.Platforms 1-10 take you to Kent and surrounding areas.Shops on the upper floor if you have time.
As you enter the station, there is a small entrance to the right - between the Orange store and the public loos - which takes you straight to the Thistle hotel; very upmarket free loos!
If you miss the last train to Brighton, there will usually still be trains to Gatwick. Get one and enjoy seats you can sleep on & shops still open while you wait for the first train! :)
If you arrive from Gatwick Victoria Station is best gate to London. It's a symbol for London: overcrowded and loud - but lovely. A fulminant entrance to the big city at the river Thames.
One of the busiest train stations in London! You can catch trains from here, access the tube and coach station. There's pop up shops and coffee stands on the ground floor and centre IP the top.
Very wellorganized. Burgers, sushi and grill for the food pause. Starbucks on the second floor. For undergtound station access follow the signs, it's kind of hidden.
Victoria Station is actually two 19th-century stations combined into one unit. The eastern portion was built for Chatham and Dover, and the western side was created for Brighton and South Coast
It's so busy here! try and use the Make sure you know where you are going because checking the platform info can be difficult if you're in a hurry...there's just so many!
Nice station where you can go to many UK cities & Gatwick airport. Don’t take Gatwick expresstrain & take the inbound train which is much cheaper and take the same time.
Big and crowded, lots of shops and food outlets for every taste.Take the bus the train or the tube from here, travel south or Gatwick Airport with Gatwick Express.Shopping mall attached to the station
If you're travelling with Gatwick Express and bought tickets online which need to be collected, go straight to platform 13/14 and use the ticket machines there: shorter queues than rest of the station
Big train station! Lots of shops, coffee shops, junk food . There's free wifi in Starbucks which is working good ! Paid toilets . Train to Gatwick airport . Victoria coach station is 3mins walk .
Don't que at the generic sandwich places, head round to platforms 15-18 and go to the cheese shop. Amazing homemade bagettes and sarnies plus great value!
Whether spoons toilet is free if your desperate you can nip in and use without anyone noticing! Also, don't get a coffee/tea from cafe Nero the place by the entrance to tube does it for only £1!
Wasabi has the best rice bowl pots for a long train journey. Ask them to go easy on the sauce and if you fancy some sushi - it's a better deal than Yo! Sushi at the upper level.
If you need to get from the trains to the coach station in a hurry go up the escalators and through the shopping center, its quicker than going the sign posted outside route.
Staff at the Southern gateline have a habit of standing in front of working automatic gates, or leaning on Oyster validators by the manual gates. Be prepared to dodge round them!
If you're changing at Barnham for SOU or PMH, sit in the front 3 coaches. When you get off, you don't have to move til your next train. Saves a mad dash for the doors
If you are going to Gatwick Airport and have time and don’t want to pay a small fortune look for the slower fast train which only stops at Clapham Junction and Rast Croydon before Gatwick
Pickpockets operate in this area, so always keep your valuables hidden and your bag zipped up. Watch the ‘tricks of pickpockets’ and the tell-tale signs at http://goo.gl/UfI24 Read more
The main Victoria arch way will be closed from Monday 15th October until December 2014 as part of the Victoria underground upgrade please use alternative exits on either side of the station
The lift to get to the food court is between platforms 13 and 14. Just tell the guard you are going to the food court, he should let you get in without tickets
In 1991 an IRA bomb hidden in a bin in Victoria station killed one man and injured 38. This led to the removal of all litter bins from London stations.
If you need to get across the concourse quickly, hold your head up and fix your stare at a distant point, ignoring others around you. They will give way!
London Victoria Station is a busy railway terminus owned and managed by Network Rail. For train times and ticketing info, please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk