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 | |
| File:Liverpool Street Station Concourse, London, UK - Diliff.jpg 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 10px Fenchurch Street 12px [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
- Liverpool Street Tube Sign.jpg
roundel on Central line platform
- Liverpool Street Central line eastbound look west.JPG
Eastbound Central line platform with projected adverts
- Liverpool Street Circle line clock.JPG
Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise
- Liverpool Street Circle line anti-clock.JPG
Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise
- 90012 at Liverpool Street 2.jpg
A National Express East Anglia Class 90 unit at Liverpool Street station.
Liverpool Street Station Media
- DISTRICT(1888) p139 - Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations (plan).jpg
Plan of Liverpool Street and Broad Street (c.1888)
- Engineer 1875-06-011 Liverpool street station, trainshed cross-section.jpg
Original trainshed cross-section (1875)
- Liverpool Street Station 1896.jpg
Liverpool Street station, west elevation (1896)
- The Engineer 1894 (8 June) Liverpool Street Station extension (plan).jpg
Ground plan of expanded station (1895). At the time, Liverpool Street had the most platforms of any London terminus station.
- War Memorial at Liverpool Street.jpg
The 1922 Great Eastern Railway War Memorial
- Liverpool Street – 20180308 152347 (40650187682).jpg
Interior view of the station
- LiverpoolStreetStation(ChristineMatthews)May2003.jpg
The split-flap display board, which was replaced in 2007
- Rebuilt Liverpool Street station plaque.jpg
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
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.