What is London Victoria station?
{{Infobox London station | name = Victoria Station | image_name = London Victoria station -14Oct2008.jpg | caption = The Grosvenor Hotel, the frontage of the Brighton Main Line platforms | manager = [[Network Rail]] | fare_zone = 1 | locale = Belgravia | borough = [[City of Westminster]] | coordinates = {{coord|51.4952|-0.1441|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Central London | platforms = 19 | railcode = VIC | railexits0405 = 48.047 | railexits0506 = 47.860 | railexits0607 = 66.749 | railexits0708 = 77.462 }} '''Victoria station''' is a major [[National Rail]], [[London Underground]] and [[coach station]] in the [[City of Westminster]]. It is the second busiest [[Railway station terminus|railway terminus]] in [[London]] after [[Waterloo Station|Waterloo]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]]. It is named after [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. == National Rail == The National Rail station is officially named 'London Victoria',<ref>Association of Train Operating Companies (2005). ''[http://nrekb.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/index.html?a=findStation&station_query=VIC National Rail Enquiries - Station Facilities for London Victoria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716235402/http://nrekb.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/index.html?a=findStation&station_query=VIC |date=2012-07-16 }}''. Retrieved 24 December 2005.</ref> a name that is sometimes used outside London, but never by Londoners. The station has two separate parts: *The eastern (Chatham) side, platforms 1–8, is the terminus for services to [[Kent]] on the [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]] Main Line and its branches. *The western (Brighton) side, platforms 9–19, is the terminus for services to [[Surrey]] and [[Sussex]], including [[Gatwick Airport]] and [[Brighton]] on the [[Brighton]] Main Line and its branches. This split is generally held to, as the track layout does not allow much swapping, with only a small number of connecting flyovers between the main lines in the [[Battersea]] area, and a single tra