In the early 20th century, Vauxhall saw significant use as a stop for trains delivering milk from across the country into London.

[8][9] On the National Rail network it is the next station on the South West Main Line along from London Waterloo, 1 mile 29 chains (2.2 km) to the south-west.

[21] In 1921, United Dairies opened a major creamery and milk bottling plant opposite Vauxhall station.

[11][23] The regular daily milk train was from Torrington, but services from all over the West Country would stop at Clapham Junction in the evening,[24] and reduce their length by half so that they did not block Vauxhall station while unloading.

They would then proceed to Vauxhall, and pull into the Up Windsor Local platform, where a discharge pipe was provided to the creamery on the other side of the road.

The procedure was then repeated, so that the entire milk train was unloaded between the end of evening peak traffic and the start of the following morning.

It was rejected in January 1901 for failing to comply with Standing Orders and giving correct notice of eviction, and the plans were quietly shelved.

[27] Another abandoned scheme to connect Cannon Street with Wimbledon would have seen an interchange at Vauxhall; these plans were scrapped in 1902 owing to lack of funds.

[30][31] At the same time, Vauxhall Cross road junction was rebuilt in order to accommodate the new Underground station.

[32] The Underground station was opened on 23 July 1971 by Princess Alexandra, as part of the extension of the Victoria line to Brixton.

[34] In the late 2000s, one potential option for extending the Northern line to Battersea was a route via Vauxhall station.

[36] In the mid 2010s, the Underground station was upgraded and refurbished at a cost of £36m, as part of the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea regeneration project.

This was scrapped, but in 2017, they revived the demolition plans as part of general improvements in the area following support from Lambeth Council.

[47] The service was opened in September 2011 by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, with the aim of expanding boat transport along the Thames by 20%.

From this, the Tsar concluded that Vauxhall was a major transport interchange, and the word was introduced as the generic term in Russian.