Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station in the Spitalfields area of the City of London. It is the southern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML). It is connected to a London Underground station of a same name.
| London Liverpool Street | |
 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   Fenchurch Street  [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 through the East of England. It serves these places not served by the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross. It has commuter services to parts of East London and Essex, such as Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Witham and Norwich. It serves the London Stansted Airport via Stansted Express.
Passenger numbers
It is one of its busiest stations in the United Kingdom, the third busiest station in London after Waterloo and Victoria. Over 123 million people use this station each year. The station is one of 17 stations managed by Network Rail. The station has entrances/exits to Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street, and the Broadgate development. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Gallery
Westbound platform 3 roundel on Central line platform
Eastbound Central line platform 4 with projected adverts
Circle Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms looking clockwise
Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms looking anticlockwise
A National Express East Anglia Class 90 unit 90344 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
A plaque commemorating the twinning of Liverpool Street and Amsterdam Centraal stations
The Elizabeth line entrance at Liverpool Street
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References
- ↑ London and South East. Rail Map for People with Reduced Mobility (September 2006)National Rail. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ Out of Station Interchanges (May 2011)Transport for London.
- David Stevenson. 1914-1918 The History of the First World War (2004)Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9208-5.
- Alan A Jackson. London's Termini (1969)David & Charles. ISBN 0-330-02747-6.
Other websites
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.