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Liverpool Street London Overground Crossrail National Rail
London Liverpool Street
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
Fare zone 1
OSI Bank London Underground Docklands Light Railway
Fenchurch Street National Rail
Railway companies
Original company Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1874 (1874) Opened
Other information
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  • Buses

Liverpool Street station, (or 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.

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

    roundel on Central line platform

  • Liverpool Street Central line eastbound look west

    Eastbound Central line platform with projected adverts

  • Liverpool Street Circle line clock

    Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise

  • Liverpool Street Circle line anti-clock

    Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise

  • 90012 at Liverpool Street 2

    A National Express East Anglia Class 90 unit at Liverpool Street station.




Images for kids

  • DISTRICT(1888) p139 - Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations (plan)

    Plan of Liverpool Street and Broad Street (c.1888)

  • Engineer 1875-06-011 Liverpool street station, trainshed cross-section

    Original trainshed cross-section (1875)

  • Liverpool Street Station 1896

    Liverpool Street station, west elevation (1896)

  • The Engineer 1894 (8 June) Liverpool Street Station extension (plan)

    Ground plan of expanded station (1895). At the time, Liverpool Street had the most platforms of any London terminus station.

  • Liverpool Street – 20180308 152347 (40650187682)

    Interior view of the station

  • LiverpoolStreetStation(ChristineMatthews)May2003

    The split-flap display board, which was replaced in 2007

  • Rebuilt Liverpool Street station plaque

    Plaque commemorating the opening of the rebuilt station in 1991

  • Twinning plaque at Liverpool Street station

    A plaque commemorating the twinning of Liverpool Street and Amsterdam Centraal stations

  • Elizabeth line entrance, Liverpool Street station - 2022-06-03

    The Elizabeth line entrance at Liverpool Street

See also

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