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Liverpool Street station

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Not to be confused with Liverpool Lime Street.

Liverpool Street London Overground Crossrail National Rail
London Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station exterior.jpg
Main passenger entrance to Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street is located in Central London
Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street
Location of Liverpool Street in Central London
LocationBishopsgate
Local authorityCity of London
Managed byNetwork Rail
Station codeLST
DfT categoryA
Number of platforms17[1]
AccessibleYes[2]
Fare zone1
OSIBank London Underground Docklands Light Railway
Fenchurch Street National Rail
Liverpool Street London Underground[3]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16Increase 66.557 million[4]
– interchange Decrease 2.481 million[4]
2016–17Increase 67.339 million[4]
– interchange Increase 2.745 million[4]
2017–18Decrease 66.966 million[4]
– interchange Increase 3.790 million[4]
2018–19Increase 69.483 million[4]
– interchange Increase 3.946 million[4]
2019–20Decrease 65.985 million[4]
– interchange Increase 4.351 million[4]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1874 (1874)Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°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
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street,[5][6] 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 Without. It is the terminus of the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge, the Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich, 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 most platforms of any London terminal station. During the First World War, an air raid on the station killed 16 on site, and 146 others in nearby areas. 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 bombing, 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; it is now served by the Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. It is in fare zone 1.

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