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Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street London Overground Crossrail National Rail
London Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street Station Concourse, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
Main station concourse
Liverpool Street is located in Central London
Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street
Location of Liverpool Street in Central London
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
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 57.106 million
2012–13 Increase 58.449 million
2013–14 Increase 63.004 million
– interchange  2.912 million
2014–15 Increase 63.631 million
– interchange  Increase 3.144 million
2015–16 Increase 66.557 million
– interchange  Decrease 2.481 million
Railway companies
Original company Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1874 (1874) Opened
Other information
Lists of stations
External links
WGS84 51°31′07″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5186°N 0.0813°W / 51.5186; -0.0813Coordinates: 51°31′07″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5186°N 0.0813°W / 51.5186; -0.0813
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Liverpool Street London Underground
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Entrance from the main concourse at Liverpool Street
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 Increase 64.23 million
2013 Increase 67.89 million
2014 Increase 73.66 million
2015 Decrease 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
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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.


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