Liverpool Street station
London Liverpool Street
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Location |
Bishopsgate |
Local authority |
City of London |
Managed by |
Network Rail |
Station code |
LST |
Platforms in use |
18 |
Travelcard zone |
1 |
NR 2004/5 usage |
50.469 million[1] |
NR 2005/6 usage |
47.271 million[1] |
NR 2006/7 usage |
55.266 million[1] |
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1874 (1874) |
Opened |
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List of stations |
Underground • National Rail |
External links |
Departures • Facilities |
UK Railways Portal
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Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London in England. It is the southern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), and is the main departure point from London to destinations in the East of England not served by the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross, as well as serving commuter services to parts of East London and Essex.
It is one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom, the third busiest in London after Waterloo and Victoria with 123 million visitors each year, and 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.
In fiction
A view over the station from Exchange Square
- In the years following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, fictional docu-drama portrayals of how a terrorist organisation might seek to attack London twice chose Liverpool Street station as the specific target. London Under Attack, first shown by the BBC One Panorama programme in May 2004 [1], had a lorry containing chlorine gas explode at the junction of Shoreditch High Street and Commercial Street, just north of Liverpool Street station. The gas cloud hung over the station, and killed 3,000 people. The British Government denounced the programme as "irresponsible and alarmist".[2] The BBC said that the programmes was backed by research, and that Liverpool Street was used because of its position on the border between the City of London and the East End of London. The second programme was the drama Dirty War, also produced by the BBC and first shown in October 2004, in which a suicide terrorists detonate a "dirty bomb" just outside the Underground station, killing 200 people and rendering the area uninhabitable for 30 years. Since the programme aired, the spot at which the fictional bomb-carrying vehicle parked has become pedestrianised.
Modern platform extensions at Liverpool Street station
- Andy McNab's fictional novel Dark Winter makes the station the target of a similar attack.
- In the 1988 children's book Groosham Grange the main character is sent from London Liverpool street to groosham grange.
- Liverpool Street Station is one of the four railway stations on the London version of the Monopoly game.
- A CIA safe house features above the Old Broad Street entrance to Liverpool Street tube station in the film Mission: Impossible. In the movie, the lead character played by Tom Cruise leaves the safe house and enters the main line concourse to use a payphone situated under the double staircase (since removed, with cash machines now at the spot). Cruise can also be seen looking out of a window located in the safe house.
- In fiction author Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series, the headquarters of MI6 is near Liverpool Street station.
- In the film Stormbreaker, the lead character runs through the station to find a photo booth whereupon he is then transported to MI6.
Future developments
Liverpool Street station viewed from Liverpool Street itself
Current plans for the Crossrail service would see a new station at Liverpool Street with full mainline and underground connections.
Future Development
Preceding station |
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Crossrail |
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Following station |
Farringdon
toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail |
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Whitechapel
toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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London Underground
Liverpool Street
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Location |
Bishopsgate |
Local authority |
City of London |
Managed by |
London Underground |
Station code |
ZLS |
Platforms in use |
4 |
Travelcard zone |
1 |
LUL 2005 usage |
50.67 million[3] |
LUL 2007 usage |
61.317 million[3] |
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1 February 1875 |
Open (using mainline) |
12 July 1875 |
Opened (Bishopsgate) |
1 November 1909 |
Renamed (Liverpool Street) |
28 July 1912 |
Central Line opens (terminus) |
4 December 1946 |
Central Line extends(through) |
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List of stations |
Underground • National Rail |
External links |
Departures • Facilities |
Liverpool Street Tube Station is the fifth busiest station on the Underground network with 4 lines passing through; 3 sub-surface and one deep level. The station has sub-surface platforms (opened by the Metropolitan Railway as "Bishopsgate" on 12 July 1875) on the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines. The Metropolitan had served main-line platforms of the GER station from 1 February 1875, but this through link had only a short life. The station was renamed Liverpool Street from 1 November 1909. A disused west-facing bay platform once used by terminating Metropolitan and occasional District line trains running via Edgware Road is still visible.
The deep-level Central Line platforms opened on 28 July 1912, at the eastern end of the Central London Railway. The Central line was extended eastwards, as part of the Second World War-delayed London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme 1935 - 1940", on 4 December 1946.
Notable events
On 7 July 2005, terrorist Shehzad Tanweer exploded a bomb on a London Underground train shortly after it left Liverpool Street towards Aldgate station on the Circle Line, killing seven people.
Gallery
See also
- Broad Street railway station
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Liverpool Street station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ↑ "Terror programme 'irresponsible'", BBC News, bbc.co.uk (2004-05-15). Retrieved on 2007-06-16. "'We are disappointed to learn that the BBC appears to have adopted an irresponsible and alarmist approach over what is understandably an emotive and frightening subject for the public,' a Home Office spokesman told BBC News Online. He said the programme depicted a situation that was 'simply not realistic'."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Transport for London - London Underground performance update
- David Stevenson (2004). 1914-1918 The History of the First World War. Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9208-5.
- Alan A Jackson (1969). London's Termini. David & Charles. ISBN 0-330-02747-6.
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Tottenham Hale |
Terminus |
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West Anglia Main Line |
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Bethnal Green |
Terminus |
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National Express East Anglia
Great Eastern Main Line |
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Stratford |
Terminus |
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National Express East Anglia
Shenfield Metro |
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Stratford |
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c2c
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Stratford |
Terminus |
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Dutchflyer
London-Amsterdam |
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Bank
towards Ealing Broadway
or West Ruislip
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Central line |
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Bethnal Green
towards Epping, Hainault
or Woodford via Hainault
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Moorgate
towards Baker Street
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Aldgate
towards Tower Hill
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Moorgate
towards Hammersmith
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Aldgate East
towards Barking
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Moorgate
towards Uxbridge, Amersham,
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Aldgate
Terminus
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Railway stations of central London |
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Other central stations |
Barbican · City Thameslink · Elephant and Castle · Farringdon · Old Street · Vauxhall · Waterloo East
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Other London stations: Central area · Greater London area |
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Stations |
Central London section |
Aldgate • Barbican • Euston Square • Farringdon • Great Portland Street • King's Cross St. Pancras • Liverpool Street • Moorgate
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Core section |
Baker Street • Finchley Road • Harrow-on-the-Hill • Northwick Park • Preston Road • Wembley Park
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Uxbridge branch |
Eastcote • Hillingdon • West Harrow tube station • Ickenham • Rayners Lane • Ruislip • Ruislip Manor • Uxbridge
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Outer section & branches |
Amersham • Chalfont & Latimer • Chesham • Chorleywood • Croxley • Moor Park • North Harrow • Northwood • Northwood Hills • Pinner • Rickmansworth • Watford
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A60 and A62 Stock
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Closed stations |
Brill • Granborough Road • Lord's • Marlborough Road • Quainton Road • Swiss Cottage • Verney Junction • Waddesdon • Westcott • Winslow Road • Wotton
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Aylesbury • Great Missenden • Stoke Mandeville • Wendover
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Former rolling stock |
CP Stock • CO Stock • F Stock • G Stock • M Stock • MV Stock • MW Stock • N Stock • O Stock • P Stock • P1 Stock • R Stock • S Stock • T Stock • U Stock • V Stock • VT Stock • W Stock • Circle Stock • GN&C Stock • Main Line Stock • Shuttle Stock
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Former locomotives |
A Class • B Class • C Class • D Class • E Class • F Class • G Class • H Class • K Class • Metropolitan District • Metropolitan departmental • ex GWR • Metropolitan Railway Peckett Saddle Tank • Wotton Tramway
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Metro-Land |
Metro-land • Metro-land (TV)
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Future proposals |
Croxley Rail link |
Croxley Rail Link • Ascot Road • Croxley • Croxley Green • Watford High Street • Watford Junction • Watford Stadium • Watford West
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Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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London Underground • Transport for London |
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Hammersmith & City line |
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Stations |
Aldgate East • Baker Street • Barbican • Barking • Bow Road • Bromley-by-Bow • East Ham • Edgware Road • Euston Square • Farringdon • Goldhawk Road Road • Great Portland Street • Hammersmith • King's Cross St. Pancras • Ladbroke Grove • Latimer Road • Liverpool Street • Mile End • Moorgate • Paddington • Plaistow • Royal Oak • Shepherd's Bush Market • Stepney Green • Upton Park • West Ham • Westbourne Park • Whitechapel • Wood Lane
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Rolling stock |
C Stock
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History |
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Future proposals |
Route |
Merge Proposals
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Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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See also |
District line • Circle line • Metropolitan line
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London Underground • Transport for London |
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Circle line |
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Stations |
Aldgate • Baker Street • Barbican • Bayswater • Blackfriars • Cannon Street • Edgware Road • Embankment • Euston Square • Farringdon • Gloucester Road • Great Portland Street • High Street Kensington • King's Cross St. Pancras • Liverpool Street • Mansion House • Monument • Moorgate • Notting Hill Gate • Paddington • Sloane Square • South Kensington • St. James's Park • Temple • Tower Hill • Victoria • Westminster
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Rolling stock |
C Stock
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History |
Former companies |
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Previous circle lines |
Middle Circle • Outer Circle • Super Outer Circle
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Former rolling stock |
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Future proposals |
Route |
Extension to Hammersmith
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Future rolling stock |
S Stock
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See also |
District line • Hammersmith & City line • Metropolitan line • Circle line Parties
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London Underground • Transport for London |
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