Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station in the City of London. It is the southern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), and is connected to a London Underground station of the same name.

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[1]
Fare zone	1
OSI	Bank Fenchurch Street [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14	63.004 million[3]
– interchange	2.912 million[3]
2014–15	63.631 million[3]
– interchange	3.144 million[3]
2015–16	66.557 million[3]
– interchange	2.481 million[3]
2016–17	67.339 million[3]
– interchange	2.745 million[3]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London & North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1874 (1874)	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.5186°N 0.0813°W / 51.5186; -0.0813

Liverpool Street the main departure point from London to the East of England. It serves those places not served by the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross. It has commuter service to parts of East London and Essex, such as Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Witham and Norwich. 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
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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 Express East Anglia Class 90 unit at Liverpool Street station.