[1] The CC&WER proposed a line between a station under Trafalgar Square and the London and South Western Railway's terminus at Waterloo.

The plan was similar in concept to that proposed by the Waterloo and Whitehall Railway in 1864 which could not raise funds due to a banking crisis.

[3] The CC&WER was the first to propose electric traction for its trains and was supported by Sir William Siemens.

[1] Permission to construct the line was granted by Parliament on 18 August 1882 in the Charing Cross and Waterloo Electric Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict.

c. cclv) and a proposal was submitted in December 1882 to continue the line from Waterloo to Blackfriars and the Royal Exchange in the City of London.