Eerie photos reveal the vast abandoned labyrinth lying beneath one of London's busiest train stations.
Author and London history-buff Rob Lordan, has shared several images showing the underground network he was given rare access to during a trip below Waterloo Station in 2019.
The south London station is the busiest in the UK with almost 87million passengers hopping on trains from the transport hub each year.
Just outside, several bars, restaurants and small businesses have lodged themselves under the visible arches.
One famous stretch, known as "Leake Street" has become a trendy "must-visit" tourist spot due to the creative graffiti murals along its walls.
Tucked away from the sightseers and commuters, below the station, is a hidden cavernous underground network which few are lucky enough to see.
Rob's Youtube video, first reported by MyLondon, starts with the historian providing a detailed history of the station.
It was constructed in 1848 as an extension from Nine Elms Railway station, which was where trains stopped during the Victorian era.
Rob then goes on to discuss the individual tunnels, and their own unique histories.
Arch 103 in Vauxhall was where Harry Roberts and his gang hid their van following the callous fatal shooting of three police officers on August 12 1966.
One of the reasons the Waterloo Station and its track are supported by so many arches is to stop the enormous site falling into the marshland on the banks of the Thames throughout the years.
The underground world accessed by Rob was once used as offices and luggage facilities up until the 1940s, but they have been abandoned ever since.
In his video, Rob said: "In the autumn of 2019 I was lucky to be granted access to this mysterious area beneath Waterloo which the public never get to see."
He said it was 'dark, dusty and slightly creepy.'
On his visit Rob was first taken to a disused pedestrian subway, before being lead into the eerie underground chambers.
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He tells viewers how large the caverns are, and that they continue to prop up the station to this day.
"During the First World War an area beneath the terminal was fortified in order to provide storage for important government documents - making sense since Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament are located just across from the station," Rob said.
Rob then leads the viewer through to an air raid shelter used by station staff during World War Two.
A nearby section of the labyrinth is where typists would have sat to keep the administrative side of the transport hub ticking along.
The room, painted beige, is torn to shreds, with the supervisor's windows smashed into pieces.
Rob moves deeper into the maze, showing us old toilet cubicles and two steel bathtub, which would have been used by workers covered in coal and debris from operating 19th Century trains.
Though much of the space was used for work, the historian also shows viewers several rooms for social activities, including bars and recreational area. One of the spaces, cordoned off as a hazard, housed a full-size boxing ring, Rob said. Another contained a snooker table.
Towards the end of the video, Rob points out a sign behind the snooker table reading "ear protection must be worn".
Up until the 1980s, Rob said, the room was used as a rifle club for railway staff.
