Liverpool Street station

London Liverpool Street

London Liverpool Street Location of London Liverpool Street in Greater London
Location	Bishopsgate
Local authority	City of London
Managed by	Network Rail
Station code	LST
Number of platforms	18
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	50.469 million
2005–06	47.271 million
2006–07	55.266 million
2007–08	57.790 million
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station in the north eastern corner of the City of London in England. It is connected to a London Underground station of the same name. It is the southern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), and is the main departure point from London to destinations in the East of England not served by the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross. It serves commuter services to parts of East London and Essex, such as Clacton-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Witham and Harwich. 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

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  roundel on Central line platform

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  Eastbound Central line platform with projected adverts added summer 2008

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  Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking clockwise

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  Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City line platforms looking anticlockwise

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  A National Exspress East Anglia Class 90 unit at Liverpool Street station. In the year up to June 2007 (according to Modern Railways), some 120 million passengers used Liverpool Street Station.

Other pages

• Broad Street railway station

Other websites

• Station information on Liverpool Street station from Network Rail
• Old Liverpool Street 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.
• David Blunkett condemns docudrama
• London Landscape TV episode (7 mins) about Liverpool Street station
• Alternative view of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan line platforms
• Cut away diagram showing the London Underground station layout in 3d post CrossRail.

References

• 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		National Express East Anglia Stansted Express		Tottenham Hale
Terminus		National Express East Anglia Lea Valley Lines West Anglia Main Line		Bethnal Green
Terminus		National Express East Anglia Great Eastern Main Line		Stratford
Terminus		National Express East Anglia Shenfield Metro		Stratford
Terminus		National Express East Anglia London-Braintree		Stratford
Terminus		National Express East Anglia London-Southend and Southminster		Stratford
Terminus		National Express East Anglia London-Lowestoft		Shenfield
Terminus		c2c Liverpool Street - Barking		Stratford
Terminus		Dutchflyer London-Amsterdam		Stratford

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Bank towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip		Central line		Bethnal Green towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford (via Hainault)
Moorgate towards Baker Street		Circle line		Aldgate towards Tower Hill
Moorgate towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Aldgate East towards Barking
Moorgate towards Amersham, Chesham, Uxbridge or Watford		Metropolitan line		Aldgate Terminus