London (Liverpool Street) railway station

Liverpool Street
London Liverpool Street
Main station concourse
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 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 (1874)	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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

Liverpool Street
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
2013	67.89 million
2014	73.66 million
2015	73.26 million
2016	71.61 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	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	TfL station info page

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.