Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station in the north of the City of London, on Bishopsgate.
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street services destinations to eastern England including London Stansted Airport, Cambridge, Norwich, Ipswich, Chelmsford, Colchester, Braintree, and the port of Harwich. A daily express train to Harwich connects with the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland.
To clear up any potential confusion, especially for foreign visitors: trains from Liverpool Street do not go to Liverpool. For that city, Euston is the London terminus.
Almost all passenger services from Liverpool Street are operated by one. one operate local and suburban services on the Great Eastern and West Anglia lines, express services to Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich as well as local services in the East Anglia region. These routes are collectively known as the Greater Anglia network.
A handful of weekday evening services are operated by c2c to Tilbury, Southend and Shoeburyness when Fenchurch Street station is closed.
Both one and c2c are owned by National Express Group.
The station was opened in 1874 by the Great Eastern Railway. It was designed by the Great Eastern's chief engineer, Edward Wilson. It was built on the site of the original Bethlem Royal Hospital and there is a Corporation of London plaque commemorating this on the wall of the adjoining former Great Eastern Hotel, which was designed by Charles Barry (junior) (son of Sir Charles Barry) and his brother Edward Middleton Barry.
The station was extensively modified between 1985 and 1992 but its facade, steam age iron pillars and the honour roll for Great Eastern Railway employees that died in the Great War were retained. It was officially re-opened by Queen Elizabeth in 1991.
The connected London Underground station has surface-level platforms on the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines. Below the station are platforms for east and westbound Central Line services. Current plans for the Crossrail service would see a new station at Liverpool Street with full mainline and underground connections.Destinations
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