Liverpool Street | |
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London Liverpool Street | |
Main station concourse
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Location of Liverpool Street in Central London
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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 Fenchurch Street |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2011–12 | 57.106 million |
2012–13 | 58.449 million |
2013–14 | 63.004 million |
– interchange | 2.912 million |
2014–15 | 63.631 million |
– interchange | 3.144 million |
2015–16 | 66.557 million |
– interchange | 2.481 million |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London & North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1874 | Opened |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
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WGS84 | 51°31′07″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5186°N 0.0813°WCoordinates: 51°31′07″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5186°N 0.0813°W |
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Liverpool Street | |
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Entrance from the main concourse at Liverpool Street
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Location | Bishopsgate |
Local authority | City of London |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | Transport for London |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Accessible | Yes(Sub-surface eastbound platform only) |
Fare zone | 1 |
Cycle parking | Yes (platform 10 & external) |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 64.23 million |
2013 | 67.89 million |
2014 | 73.66 million |
2015 | 73.26 million |
Key dates | |
1 February 1875 | Opened (using main line) |
12 July 1875 | Opened as Bishopsgate |
1 November 1909 | Renamed Liverpool Street |
28 July 1912 | Central line (London Underground) opened (terminus) |
4 December 1946 | Central line extended (through) |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate. It is one of the busiest railway stations in London, serving as the terminus of the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge, the busier Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich, local and regional commuter trains serving east London and destinations in the East of England, and the Stansted Express service to Stansted Airport.
The station opened in 1874 as a replacement for Bishopsgate station as the Great Eastern Railway's main London terminus. By 1895 it had the largest number of platforms on any terminal railway station in London. During the First World War, an air raid on the station in 1917 led to 162 deaths. In the build-up to the Second World War, the station served as the entry point for thousands of child refugees arriving in London as part of the Kindertransport rescue mission. The station was damaged by the 1993 Bishopsgate bombing, and during the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks in the city seven passengers were killed when a bomb exploded aboard an Underground train just after it had departed from Liverpool Street.
Liverpool Street was built as a dual-level station with provision for the Underground. A tube station opened in 1875 for the Metropolitan Railway, and the station today is served by the Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, and is in fare zone 1.