Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station in the City of London. It is the southern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), and is connected to a London Underground station of the same name.
| London Liverpool Street | |
| 240px Main station concourse | |
| Location | Bishopsgate |
|---|---|
| Local authority | City of London |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Station code | LST |
| DfT category | A |
| Number of platforms | 18 |
| Accessible | Yes [1] |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Bank 10px File:DLR roundel (no text).svg Fenchurch Street File:National Rail logo.svg [2] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London & North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1874 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| Lists of stations | |
| External links | |
Liverpool Street the main departure point from London to the East of England. It serves those places not served by the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross. It has commuter service to parts of East London and Essex, such as Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Witham and Norwich. It serves the London Stansted Airport via the Stansted Express.
It is one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom, the third busiest in London after Waterloo and Victoria. Over 123 million people use the station each year. It is one of 17 managed by Network Rail. The station has exits to Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street and the Broadgate development. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Gallery
roundel on Central line platform
Eastbound Central line platform with projected adverts
Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise
Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise
A National Express East Anglia Class 90 unit at Liverpool Street station.
Liverpool Street Station Media
Plan of Liverpool Street and Broad Street (c.1888)
Original trainshed cross-section (1875)
Liverpool Street station, west elevation (1896)
Ground plan of expanded station (1895). At the time, Liverpool Street had the most platforms of any London terminus station.
The 1922 Great Eastern Railway War Memorial
Interior view of the station
The split-flap display board, which was replaced in 2007
Plaque commemorating the opening of the rebuilt station in 1991
- Twinning plaque at Liverpool Street station.jpg
A plaque commemorating the twinning of Liverpool Street and Amsterdam Centraal stations
- Elizabeth line entrance, Liverpool Street station - 2022-06-03.jpg
The Elizabeth line entrance at Liverpool Street
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References
- ↑ "London and South East" (PDF). Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility. National Rail. September 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
- David Stevenson (2004). 1914-1918 The History of the First World War. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9208-5.
- Alan A Jackson (1969). London's Termini. David & Charles. ISBN 0-330-02747-6.
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Liverpool Street station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information on Liverpool Street station from Network Rail
- Old Liverpool Street Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Tribute to the old decor.
- BBC Panorama programme featuring Liverpool Street station
- Daily Telegraph article about the furor following the "Dirty War" documentary featuring Liverpool St. Archived 2008-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- David Blunkett condemns docudrama Archived 2013-01-14 at Archive.today
- London Landscape TV episode (7 mins) about Liverpool Street station Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Alternative view of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms
- Cut away diagram[dead link] showing the London Underground station layout in 3d post CrossRail.