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| alt_name      = London Liverpool Street
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| locale        = [[Bishopsgate]]
| borough       = [[City of London]]
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| caption       = Main station entrance seen in 2024
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| map_type      = Central London
| years1        = {{start date text|2 October 1874}} 
| events1       = Opened
| years2        = 12 July 1875
| events2       = Underground station opened
| years3        = 24 May 2022
| events3       = Elizabeth line opened
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'''Liverpool Street station''', also known as '''London Liverpool Street''',<ref name=network_rail>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/765.aspx | title=Stations Run by Network Rail | publisher =[[Network Rail]] | access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/LST/details.html |title=Station facilities for London Liverpool Street |work=National Rail Enquiries |access-date=29 May 2013 }}</ref> is a major [[London station group|central London railway terminus]] and connected [[London Underground]] station in the north-eastern corner of the [[City of London]], in the [[Wards of the City of London|ward]] of [[Bishopsgate|Bishopsgate Without]]. It is the terminus of the [[West Anglia Main Line]] to [[Cambridge]] and Ely; the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] to [[Norwich]]; commuter trains serving east London and destinations in the [[East of England]], including the [[Weaver line]] of the [[London Overground]]; and the [[Stansted Express]] service to [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]].

The station opened in 1874, as a replacement for [[Bishopsgate railway station|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 [[World War I|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 [[World War II|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 London bombings|7 July 2005 bombing]], seven passengers were killed when a bomb exploded aboard an Underground train, just after it had departed from Liverpool Street. New platforms for the [[Elizabeth line]] opened in 2022 as part of the [[Crossrail]] project.<ref name="opening-es">{{cite news |last1=Lydall |first1=Ross |title=Crossrail opening date finally announced |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/crossrail-elizabeth-line-opening-date-announced-may-24-london-tube-tfl-transport-for-london-b997837.html |work=Evening Standard |date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Liverpool Street was built as a dual-level station, with provision for the London Underground. A tube station opened in 1875 for the [[Metropolitan Railway]]; the tube station is now served by the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]], [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] and [[Metropolitan line]]s. It is in [[London fare zone 1]] and is managed directly by [[Network Rail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stations/liverpool-street/ |title=London Liverpool Street |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=2 March 2017}}</ref> With 94.5 million passengers between April 2023 and March 2024, it was the busiest station in the United Kingdom, according to the Office of Rail and Road.

== Main line station ==
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=== History ===

==== New terminus (1875)====
[[File:DISTRICT(1888) p139 - Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations (plan).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Plan of Liverpool Street and Broad Street (c.1888)]]
Liverpool Street station was built as the new London terminus of the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) which served {{rws|Norwich}} and {{rws|King's Lynn}}.<ref name="nethis">{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/london-liverpool-street-station/history/| title = History of Liverpool Street station| publisher = Network Rail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408051828/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/london-liverpool-street-station/history/|archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> The GER had been formed from the merger of several railway companies, inheriting {{rws|Bishopsgate}} as its London terminus. Bishopsgate was inadequate for the company's passenger traffic; its [[Shoreditch]] location was in the heart of one of the poorest slums in London and hence badly situated for the [[City of London]] commuters the company wanted to attract.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=108}} Consequently, the GER planned a more central station.{{sfn|The Engineer|1865|loc=p. 266, col. 1}}<ref name="virtualarchive"/> The original intention was to build a terminus which reached as far south as the road ''London Wall'', and which would be as tall as the [[Broad Street railway station (England)|Broad Street station]] which was being planned at the same time, however the city authorities did not permit the more southerly location.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|pp=490–491}}

By 1865, plans changed to include a circa {{convert|1|mile|km|adj=on}} long line branching from the main line east of the company's existing terminus in Shoreditch, and a new station at Liverpool Street as the main terminus, with Bishopsgate station to be used for freight traffic. The station at Liverpool Street (the street had been named after the [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]] Prime Minister [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool]] in 1829) was to be built for the use of the GER and of the [[East London Railway]] on two levels, with the underground East London line around {{convert|37|ft|abbr=on}} below this, and the GER tracks supported on brick arches. The station was planned to be around {{convert|630|by|200|ft|abbr=on}} in area, with its main façade onto Liverpool Street and an additional entrance on Bishopsgate-Street (now called [[Bishopsgate]] and forming part of the [[A10 road (England)|A10]]). The main train shed was to be a two-span wood construction with a central void providing light and ventilation to the lower station, and the station buildings were to be in an [[Italianate]] style to the designs of the GER's architect.{{sfn|The Engineer|1865|loc=p. 266, col. 1}}

The line and station construction were authorised by the Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Station and Railways) Act 1864.{{sfn|Kellett|2007|p=52}}{{sfn|Rickards|1864|pp=954–956}} The station was built on a {{convert|10|acre|adj=on}} site previously occupied by the [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]], adjacent to [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street station]], west of Bishopsgate and facing onto Liverpool Street to the south. The development land was [[compulsory purchase|compulsorily purchased]], displacing around 3,000 residents of the parish of [[St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate]].{{sfn|Network Rail|2014|p=2}} Around 7,000 people living in tenements around Shoreditch were evicted to complete the line towards Liverpool Street, while the City of London Theatre and City of London Gasworks were both demolished.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=109}} To manage the disruption caused by rehousing, the company was required by the 1864 Act to run daily low-cost workmen's trains from the station.{{sfn|Kellett|2007|p=52}}

[[File:Engineer 1875-06-011 Liverpool street station, trainshed cross-section.jpg|thumb|Original trainshed cross-section (1875)]]
The station was designed by GER engineer [[Edward Wilson (engineer)|Edward Wilson]] and built by [[Lucas Brothers (company)|Lucas Brothers]]; the roof was designed and constructed by the Fairburn Engineering Company.{{sfn|Network Rail|2014|p=2}} The overall design was approximately [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic]], built using stock bricks and [[bath stone]] dressings. The building incorporated booking offices as well as the company offices of the GER, including chairman's, board, committee, secretary and engineers' rooms. The roof was spanned by four [[wrought iron]] spans, two central spans of {{convert|109|ft|abbr=on}} and outer spans of {{convert|46 and 44|ft|abbr=on}}, {{convert|730|ft|abbr=on}} in length over the eastern main lines, and {{convert|450|ft|abbr=on}} long over the local platforms;{{sfn|The Engineer|1875|loc=p. 403, cols 1 & 2}} the station had 10 platforms, two of which were used for main-line trains and the remainder for suburban trains.{{sfn|Campion|1987|pp=97–98}}

[[File:Liverpool Street Station 1896.jpg|thumb|left|Liverpool Street station, west elevation (1896)]]
The station was built with a connection to the sub-surface [[Metropolitan Railway]], with the platform sunk below ground level; consequently there are considerable gradients leaving the station.{{sfn|Burman|Stratton|2014|p=175}} The Metropolitan Railway used the station as a terminus from 1 February 1875 until 11 July 1875; their own underground station opened on 12 July 1875,{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|ICE|1987|p=39}} and the Metropolitan Railway connection was closed in 1904.<ref name="nethis"/>

Local trains began serving the partially completed station from 2 October 1874,<ref name="virtualarchive">{{cite web |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/virtualarchive/liverpool-street/| title = Liverpool Street Station, London| work = Network Rail Virtual Archive|date = July 2012| publisher = Network Rail|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150506201525/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/virtualarchive/liverpool-street| archive-date = 6 May 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> and it was fully opened on 1 November 1875,{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}} at a final cost of over £2&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Ackworth|1900|pp=410–411}} The original City terminus at Bishopsgate closed to passengers and was converted for use as a goods station from 1881. This continued until it was destroyed by fire in 1964.{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=176}}

The [[Great Eastern Hotel, London|Great Eastern Hotel]] adjoining the new Liverpool Street station opened in May 1884. It was designed by [[Charles Barry Jr.]] (son of the celebrated architect [[Charles Barry]] who designed the [[Houses of Parliament]]). Upon opening, it was the only hotel in the City of London. An extension called the Abercon Rooms was built in 1901, designed by [[Robert William Edis|Colonel Robert William Edis]]. The hotel includes the Hamilton Rooms, named after former GER chairman [[Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)|Lord Claud Hamilton]].{{sfn|Network Rail|2014|p=1}}

====Expansion (1895)====
[[File:The Engineer 1894 (8 June) Liverpool Street Station extension (plan).jpg|thumb|500px|Ground plan of expanded station (1895). At the time, Liverpool Street had the most platforms of any London terminus station.]]
Although initially viewed as an expensive [[white elephant]],{{sfn|Kellett|2007|p=64}} within 10&nbsp;years the station was working at capacity (about 600 trains per day) and the GER was acquiring land to the east of the station for expansion.{{sfn|Ackworth|1900|pp=410–411}} An Act of Parliament was obtained in 1888 and work started in 1890 on the eastward expansion of Liverpool Street by adding eight new tracks and platforms.{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}}{{sfn|Campion|1987|p=98}} This gave the station the most platforms of any London terminus until [[London Victoria station|Victoria station]] was expanded in 1908.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=491}}

The main station was extended about {{convert|230|ft|abbr=on}} eastwards; additional shops and offices were constructed east of the new train shed up to the parish boundary with Bishopsgate-Street Without.{{sfn|The Engineer|1894a|p=495, col. 2; Plan and cross section}} A new roof was built over the new construction.{{sfn|The Engineer|1894a|p=494}}{{sfn|The Engineer|1894b|p=515, col. 2}} The outer wall was constructed with [[Staffordshire blue brick]] and [[Ruabon bricks]].{{sfn|The Engineer|1894d|p=314, col. 2}} The four train shed roofs were carried out by Messrs. [[Handyside and Co.]], supervised by a Mr Sherlock, the resident engineer; all the foundations, earthwork and brickwork were carried out by [[Mowlem|Mowlem & Co]]. Electric power (for lighting) was supplied from an engine house north of the station.{{sfn|The Engineer|1894c|p=560, col. 2}} Additional civil works included three iron bridges carrying road traffic over the railway on Skinner, Primrose and Worship Streets.{{sfn|The Engineer|1894b|p=515, col. 1}} The bridge ironwork was supplied and erected by the [[Horseley Ironworks|Horseley Company]].{{sfn|The Engineer|1896a|p=414, col. 3}}{{sfn|The Engineer|1896b|p=188, col. 2}}{{sfn|The Engineer|1897|p=215, col. 3}} John Wilson was chief engineer, with [[W. N. Ashbee]] as architect.{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}} As part of the works, the GER was obliged by Parliament to rehouse all tenants displaced by the works, with 137 put into existing property and the remaining 600 into tenements constructed at the company's expense.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=114}}

By the turn of the 20th century, Liverpool Street had one of the most extensive suburban rail services in London, including branches to {{rws|Southend Victoria}} and [[Woodford tube station|Woodford]], and was one of the busiest in the world. In 1912, around 200,000 passengers used the station daily on around 1,000 separate trains.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=119}}

====First World War and memorials (1917–1922)====
[[File:War_Memorial_at_Liverpool_Street.jpg|thumb|The 1922 [[Great Eastern Railway War Memorial]]]]
[[Operation Turkenkreuz]], the initial [[World War I|First World War]] biplane air raid on London, took place on 13 June 1917, when 20 [[Gotha G.IV]] bombers attacked the capital. The raid struck a number of sites including Liverpool Street. Seven tons of explosives were dropped on the capital, killing 162 people and injuring 432.{{sfn|Murphy|2005|p=66}}{{sfn|Sokolski|2004|pp=19–20}} Three bombs hit the station, of which two exploded, having fallen through the train shed roof, near to two trains.{{sfn|Hanson|2008|pp=126–127}} One of these hit a carriage on a train about to depart, another hit carriages used by army doctors; the death toll at the station itself was 16 dead and 15 injured.<ref>First Blitz http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/13-jun-1917/4593903795 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929153742/http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/13-jun-1917/4593903795 |date=29 September 2020 }}</ref> It was the deadliest single raid on Britain during the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/airraids.htm|title=First World War – Spotlights on history|publisher=National Archives|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref>

Over 1,000 GER employees who died during the war were honoured on a large marble memorial installed in the booking hall, unveiled on 22 June 1922 by [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Sir Henry Wilson]]. On his return home from the unveiling ceremony, Wilson was assassinated by two [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|Irish Republican Army]] members. He was commemorated by a memorial plaque adjoining the GER monument, unveiled one month after his death.<ref name="times19220623">{{cite news |title= Sir H. Wilson murdered. Shot on his doorstep. Two Irishmen captured. Running fight in London. |work=The Times |location =London |date=23 June 1922 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020929194752/http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/archive/006-090102.htm | archive-date = 29 September 2002| url-status = live|url=http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/features/readings/archive/remembrance.htm| page = 131|title = Lest We Forget ( The Great Eastern Railway Magazine June 1922)| work =What the papers said – excerpts from the railway press from the 1840s to the 1990s |publisher = Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History}}</ref> The GER memorial was relocated during the modification of the station and now incorporates both the Wilson and Fryatt memorials, as well as a number of railway related architectural elements salvaged from demolished buildings.{{sfn|Network Rail|2014|p=1}}

The station also has a plaque commemorating mariner [[Charles Fryatt]] who was executed in 1916 for ramming a German U-boat with the GER steamer ''[[SS Brussels]]''.{{sfn|Network Rail|2014|p=1}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/features/readings/readings.htm| title = The case of Captain Fryatt| date = June 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224175942/http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/irs/irshome/features/readings/readings.htm|archive-date=24 December 2013 | work = Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History – Railway readings| url-status = live}}</ref>

===="Big Four" (1923–1945)====
By the early 1900s, the success of deep-bore electric trains on the Underground suggested that local services out of London could also be electrified. Following the war, the GER needed more capacity out of Liverpool Street as it was at capacity (serving almost 230,000 passengers daily in 1921), but they could not afford electrification.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=119}} They considered high-powered and high-tractive steam locomotives including the [[GER Class A55]] as a possible alternative, but these were rejected because of high track loadings.{{sfn|Duffy|2003|loc = 6.1. The Great Eastern Railway and the Liverpool Street Station experiment, pp. 73–5}}

An alternative scheme was introduced, using a combination of automatic signalling and modifications to the layout at Liverpool Street. The station introduced coaling, watering, and other maintenance facilities directly at the station, as well as separate engine bays and a modified track and station layout that reduced turnaround times and increased productivity.{{sfn|Duffy|2003|loc = 6.1. The Great Eastern Railway and the Liverpool Street Station experiment, pp. 73–5}}<ref>{{cite journal | title = GER The Last Word in Steam Operated Suburban Train Services| journal = Railway Gazette| date = 1 October 1920}}</ref> Services began on 2 July 1920 with trains to [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] and [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield]] running every 10 minutes. The cost of the modifications was £80,000 compared to an estimated £3&nbsp;million for electrification.{{sfn|Stratton|Trinder|2000|p=163}} The service was officially called the Intensive Service (as it allowed a 50% increase in capacity on peak services), but became popularly known as the Jazz Service.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=119}} It lasted until the General Strike of 1926, following which services generally declined.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=122}}

The GER amalgamated with several other railways to form the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] (LNER) as part of the [[1923 Grouping|reorganisation of railway companies in 1923]]. Liverpool Street came under ownership of the LNER, and suffered from a general lack of attention and neglect throughout the 1930s.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=123}}

=====Station staff 1935=====
The station master in 1935 was H C R Calver and he had 395 staff under him with his direct reports, including ticket office, parcels staff, signalmen, platform inspectors and porters. Of this number, 75 were passed for fogging duties for when additional staff were required for safe operation of trains in [[Pea soup fog|foggy]] conditions.

In addition to this there were many other staff employed at the station on a variety of duties including policemen (uniformed and plain clothes), locomotive staff, permanent way staff, carriage and wagon examiners, steam heat examiners, electric and gas examiners, telegraph staff, linemen, signal fitters, Goods Manager's Despatch Office staff, outside porters, hotel porters, staff from the continental office and GPO staff.

The former headquarters building of the GER (still a railway office in 1935) was adjacent to Liverpool Street and some departments in that building also had roles in the operation of the station.

Further to that the newspaper companies provided their own staff to load newspaper trains.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calver |first1=H C R |title=Liverpool Street 1935 Part 1 |journal=Ipswich Transport Society Journal |date=December 1979 |volume=183 }}</ref>{{efn|H C R Calver gave a talk to a meeting of the L.N.E.R. (London) Lecture & Debating Society on 6 December 1935. The material in this section and below was part of that talk.}}

=====Signal box operation 1935=====
In 1935 the approaches to Liverpool Street and the station itself, were controlled by seven signal boxes, which fell under the responsibility of the Liverpool Street station master. The boxes were:
* '''East London Junction''' - this was primarily for traffic to and from the [[East London Line]] and in 1935 a route onto the Southern Railway via [[Whitechapel railway station|Whitechapel]] 
* '''Bishopsgate North''' - this box controlled the suburban line only; it was situated on the former (closed 1916) [[Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station|Bishopsgate Low Level]] down suburban platform.
* '''Bishopsgate South''' - stood on the former Down Local platform of [[Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station|Bishopsgate Low Level]] and controlled traffic on the Local and Through lines. 
* '''Liverpool Street West''' - was the controlling box for the station working. All trains were block signalled, irrespective of whether they were running into the west or east side of the station. The box had 203 active levers and 37 spare and during the busiest period of the day there were six signalmen on duty along with a telephone and booking lad. A train to Liverpool Street East Box would be block signalled from the West box.
* '''Liverpool Street East''' - situated at the country end of Platform 11; it had 127 active and 9 spare levers, and controlled traffic passing on or off the Local or Through lines, into or out of platforms 11 to 18. Departing trains would be despatched to the west box.
* The remaining two signal boxes were platform boxes whose purpose was to electrically lock a platform out when a train had arrived in it. The platform would not be freed (so other trains could not be routed into it) until all the vehicles brought into it were cleared and the platform was again ready for another train to be accepted. These boxes were located at the country ends of Platform 4/5 and 14/15.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Calver |first1=H C R |title=Liverpool Street 1935 Part 2 |journal=Ipswich Transport Society Journal |date=February 1980 |volume=185}}</ref>

=====Second World War=====
Thousands of Jewish refugee children arrived at Liverpool Street in the late 1930s as part of the ''[[Kindertransport]]'' rescue mission to save them in the run up to the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The Für Das Kind Kindertransport Memorial sculpture by artist Flor Kent was installed at the station in September 2003 commemorating this event. It consisted of a specialised glass case with original objects and a bronze sculpture of a girl, a direct descendant of a child rescued by [[Nicholas Winton]], who unveiled the work.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rothenberg, Ruth |url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=18059&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=+%2Bkindertransport+&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |location=London |date=19 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921152720/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=18059&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%2B%2Bkindertransport%2B&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 |archive-date=21 September 2016 |title=Kindertransport statue unveiled |url-status=dead }}</ref> The objects included in the sculpture began to deteriorate in bad weather,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=40954&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20%20kindertransport%20&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0|title=Kindertransport monument derailed at Liverpool Street|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date=8 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110044045/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=40954&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=%20%20kindertransport%20&srchtxt=0&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0|archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref> and a replacement bronze memorial, ''[[Kindertransport – The Arrival]]'' by [[Frank Meisler]] was installed as a replacement at the main entrance in November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajr.org.uk/index.cfm/section.journal/issue.Nov06/article=711 |title=New Kindertransport statue installed |work=The Association of Jewish Refugees |date=November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005243/http://www.ajr.org.uk/index.cfm/section.journal/issue.Nov06/article%3D711 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The child statue from the Kent memorial was re-erected separately in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/54206|title=Kindertransport Sculpture|publisher=Imperial War Museum collections|access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

During the war, the station's structure sustained damage from a nearby bomb, particularly the Gothic tower at the main entrance on Liverpool Street and its glass roof.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/liverpool-street-station|title=Liverpool Street Station|website=20th Century London|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001516/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/liverpool-street-station|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As a precautionary measure the large and weighty West Side hanging clock was brought down to platform level and served as an enquiry office for the duration of the war.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Chris |title=Great Eastern in town and country Volume 2 |date=1991 |publisher=Irwell Press |location=Pinner, UK |isbn=1-871608-25-2 |page=25}}</ref>

====Post War (1946–1991)====
[[File:Liverpool Street – 20180308 152347 (40650187682).jpg|thumb|Interior view of the station]]
After the formation of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] in 1933, work to electrify the line from Liverpool Street to [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] began in association with the LNER.{{sfn|Duffy|2003|p=271}} Progress had been halted by the war but work resumed after the end of hostilities. The line between Liverpool Street and [[Stratford station|Stratford]] was electrified from 3 December 1946, and the full electrification of the Shenfield line at 1500{{nbsp}}V DC was completed in September 1949.{{sfn|Duffy|2003|p=271}}<ref name="Cowley 1987 11">{{cite book |last=Cowley |first=Ian |title=Anglia East |date=1987 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |pages=11 |isbn=9780715389782}}</ref> At the same time, electrification of [[London Underground]] services in Essex and in northeast and east London led to the withdrawal of some services from Liverpool Street, being replaced with LU operations. Electrification continued with the line to [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]] electrified by November 1960.{{sfn|Powell|1966|pp=47–63}} In 1960–61, the overhead electrification, which had been extended from Shenfield to Southend and Chelmsford, was converted from 1500{{nbsp}}V DC to 6.25{{nbsp}}kV AC.<ref name="Cowley 1987 11"/>

[[File:LiverpoolStreetStation(ChristineMatthews)May2003.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[split-flap display]] board, which was replaced in 2007]]
In 1973 the [[British Railways Board]], [[London Transport Executive (GLC)|London Transport Executive]], [[Greater London Council]] and the [[Department of the Environment]] produced a report examining the modernisation of London transport. It recommended high priority given to reconstructing Liverpool Street and Broad Street stations and recommended financing this through [[property development]] on the site.{{sfn|Campion|1987|p=99}} Liverpool Street had a number of design and access issues, many of which derived from the 1890 extension which had effectively created two stations on one site, with two [[concourse]]s linked by walkways, booking halls, and inefficient traffic flows within the station. Additionally the rail infrastructure presented limitations; only seven of the platforms could accommodate 12-carriage trains, and the track exit layout was a bottleneck.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=pp. 98–99, sections 6, 9–12}} In 1975 British Railways announced plans to demolish and redevelop both stations.<ref>{{cite journal |journal = The Illustrated London News| volume = 263| issue=2| page =22| title = Window on the World}}</ref> The proposed demolition met considerable public opposition and prompted a campaign led by the [[Poet Laureate]] [[John Betjeman|Sir John Betjeman]], leading to a [[public inquiry]] from November 1976 to February 1977.{{sfn|Thorne|1978|p=7}}

In autumn 1980, the overhead electrification was converted from 6.25{{nbsp}}kV [[alternating current|AC]] to the standard supply of 25{{nbsp}}kV AC.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cowley |first=Ian |title=Anglia East|date=1987 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |pages=59 |isbn=9780715389782}}</ref> The inquiry recommended that the western (1875) train shed roof should be retained in new development; consequently it was repaired and reinforced between 1982 and 1984, followed by repairs to the main roof completed in 1987.{{sfn|Campion|1987|p=105-106}} Initial plans included adding two additional tracks, with 22 platforms in a layout similar to that of [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo station]]; the combined Broad Street and Liverpool Street station was to be at the level of the latter, with relatively low-rise office developments.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=p. 102, sections 20–23}} The development was reassessed in 1983/4, when it was decided to retain the existing six-road exit throat and 18-platform layout, in combination with resignalling; this resulted in a station confined to the Liverpool Street site, with ground space released for development.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=pp. 106–107, section 37-40}} British Railways signed an agreement with developers Rosehaugh Stanhope in 1985, and work on the office development, known as [[Broadgate]], began.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=pp. 106–107, section 40}}

Railway work included the construction of a short link from the [[North London Line]] to the Cambridge main line, allowing trains that had previously used Broad Street to terminate at Liverpool Street.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=p. 107, section 43}} The station was reconstructed with a single concourse at the head of the station platforms, and entrances from Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street, as well as [[Liverpool Street bus station|a bus interchange]] in the south west corner.{{sfn|Campion|1987|loc=p. 109, Fig. 4}} The Broadgate development was constructed between 1985 and 1991, with {{convert|330000|m2|abbr=on}} of office space on the site of the former Broad Street station and above the Liverpool Street tracks.{{sfn|Sutcliffe|2006|pp=204–5}} Proceeds from the Broadgate development were used to help fund the station modernisation.{{sfn|Campion|1987|p=97}}

In 1988, [[The Arcade, Liverpool Street|The Arcade]] above the underground station on the corner of Liverpool Street and Old Broad Street was due to be completely demolished by London Regional Transport and MEPC, who wanted to develop the site into a five-storey block of offices and shops. More than 6,000 people signed a petition to "Save the Arcade", and the historic Victorian building still stands today.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petition addressed to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London, requesting them to do all in their power to preserve the arcade & surrounding buildings at Liverpool Street and to oppose any redevelopment and to endeavour to have these buildings listed as of historic interest for the City and its heritage|publisher=Corporation of London Record Office|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/191874e4-1320-4d91-ae86-af7f917fd0a5|date=1988}}</ref> The campaign against the development was led by Graham Horwood, who owned an employment agency within the Arcade at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taichi-horwood.com/uncategorized/liverpool-street-arcade-still-standing/|title=Liverpool Street Arcade Still Standing... – Tai Chi Chuan|date=30 April 2015}}</ref>

In 1989, the first visual display unit-controlled signalling operation on British Rail (known as an [[Integrated Electronic Control Centre]]) became operational at Liverpool Street.<ref>{{cite conference | title = New generation signalling control centre| work = International Conference on Main Line Railway Electrification| date = 28 September 1989|publisher = Institution of Electrical Engineers| pages=317–321| first1 = F.F.| last1 = Beady| first2= P.J.N.|last2= Bartlett}}</ref>

[[File:Rebuilt Liverpool Street station plaque.jpg|thumb|left|Plaque commemorating the opening of the rebuilt station in 1991]]
The redeveloped Liverpool Street was officially opened by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] on 5 December 1991.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times |location= London |date=6 December 1991| issue = 64196| pages = 4, 19|title = Main line Masterpiece}}</ref> At that time a giant departures board was installed above the concourse; it was one of the last remaining mechanical [[split-flap display|'flapper' display]] boards at a British railway station until its replacement in November 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/last-of-the-flapper-boards-depart-liverpool-st|title=Last of the Flapper Boards depart Liverpool Street|work=Network Media News|date=7 November 2007|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref>

====Recent history and privatisation (1991–present)====
[[File:Twinning plaque at Liverpool Street station.jpg|thumb|A plaque commemorating the twinning of Liverpool Street and [[Amsterdam Centraal railway station|Amsterdam Centraal]] stations]]
In 1991, an additional entrance was constructed on the east side of [[Bishopsgate]] with a [[Subway (underpass)|subway]] under the road.{{sfn|Biddle|2016|p=180}} The station was "twinned" with [[Amsterdam Centraal railway station]] on 2 December 1993, with a plaque marking this close to the entrance to the Underground station.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Railway Magazine|volume=140|year=1994|publisher=IPC|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dx9WAAAAMAAJ |title=The Railway Magazine }}</ref>

The station was badly damaged on 24 April 1993 by the [[1993 Bishopsgate bombing|Bishopsgate bombing]] and was temporarily closed as a result.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-bishopsgate-bomb-one-bomb-pounds-1bn-devastation-man-dead-after-city-blast--two-more-explosions-late-last-night-1457397.html| title = The Bishopsgate Bomb: One bomb: pounds 1bn devastation: Man dead after City blast – Two more explosions late last night| date = 25 April 1993 |newspaper=The Independent }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper = The Times| title = Taxpayers foot IRA bomb bill| date = 26 April 1993| issue = 64628| at = p. 1, col. 1| first1 = Philip| last1 = Webster| first2 = Jonathan| last2= Prynn| first3 = Jamie| last3 = Dettmner| first4 = Richard| last4 = Ford}}</ref> About £250,000 of damage was caused to the station, primarily to the glass roof. The station re-opened on 26 April 1993.<ref>{{cite news | title = Liverpool St. reopens |newspaper = The Times| issue = 64368| page =2| date = 16 April 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Shattered City defies the bombers |newspaper = The Times| issue = 64628| page =40| date = 26 April 1993|first = Neil| last = Bennett}}</ref>

In 2013, during excavation work for the [[Crossrail]] project, a {{convert|2|acre|1|adj=on}} mass burial ground dating from the 17th century was uncovered a few feet beneath the surface at Liverpool Street, the so-called Bedlam burial ground or [[New Churchyard]]. It contained the remains of several hundred people and it is thought that the interments were of a wide variety of people, including plague victims, prisoners and unclaimed corpses.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/crossrail-dig-unearths-ancient-burial-site-under-liverpool-street-station-8751957.html |title = Crossrail dig unearths ancient burial site under Liverpool Street station |newspaper = London Evening Standard| date = 8 August 2013| first = Mark| last = Blunden}}</ref> A 16th-century gold coin, thought to have been used as a sequin or pendant, was also found.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/08/crossrail-project-unearths-prehistoric-workshop-and-16th-century-burial-ground-3917415/| title = Crossrail project unearths prehistoric workshop and 16th-century burial ground| first = Hayden| last = Smith| date = 8 August 2013 |newspaper=Metro }}</ref> In early 2015 full-scale excavation of the burials began, then estimated at 3,000 interments.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11459474/Plague-pit-with-3000-skeletons-uncovered-at-new-Liverpool-Street-station-ticket-hall.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309223203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11459474/Plague-pit-with-3000-skeletons-uncovered-at-new-Liverpool-Street-station-ticket-hall.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 March 2015| title = Plague pit with 3,000 skeletons uncovered at new Liverpool Street station ticket hall |date = 9 March 2015| newspaper = The Daily Telegraph }}</ref>

[[File:Elizabeth line entrance, Liverpool Street station - 2022-06-03.jpg|thumb|The Elizabeth line entrance at Liverpool Street]]
In advance of the full opening of the [[Elizabeth line]], precursor operator [[TfL Rail]] took over from [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] the Liverpool Street-Shenfield stopping "metro" service from 2015.<ref name=tfl_rail>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/29/neglected-rail-services-london-tfl-overground|title=Clean, reliable and integrated: all change for neglected rail services in London|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 May 2015|access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref> At the same time, services on the [[Lea Valley Lines]] out of Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) and Chingford transferred to [[London Overground]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://londonist.com/2013/07/tfl-confirms-takeover-of-west-anglia-rail-services|title=TfL Confirms Takeover of West Anglia Rail Services|work=[[The Londonist]]|date=19 August 2015|access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref> The central section of the Elizabeth line opened on 24 May 2022 between Paddington and Abbey Wood.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elizabeth line: Delayed £18bn Crossrail finally opens |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-61507125 |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref> The Elizabeth line platforms are to the south-west of the existing tube station building.<ref name="opening-es" /> A new ticket hall with [[Accessibility|step-free access]] opened next to the Broadgate development, with links to the existing Underground station, and a pedestrian link via the new platforms to the ticket hall of {{stn|Moorgate}}, providing direct access to London Underground's [[Northern line]] and the National Rail [[Northern City Line]] at Moorgate. Thus, Liverpool Street appears on the [[Tube map]] as an interchange with Moorgate, similarly to {{lus|Bank}} and {{lus|Monument}}.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 July 2015 |title=Crossrail, As It May Appear on the Tube Map |url=http://londonist.com/2010/11/crossrail_as_it_will_appear_on_the |access-date=14 September 2016 |publisher=The Londonist}}</ref>

=== Services ===
In the 12 months to 31 March 2020, immediately before travel restrictions were introduced as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Liverpool Street was the third-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom, after [[London Waterloo station|London Waterloo]] and [[London Victoria station|London Victoria]], with an estimated 66 million passenger entries and exits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/1906/station-usage-2019-20-statistical-release.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201095353/https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/1906/station-usage-2019-20-statistical-release.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2020 |url-status=live|title=Station usage 2019 - 20|publisher=Office Of Rail and Road|year=2020|accessdate=12 March 2022}}</ref> Patronage fell by 83% in the 12 months to 31 March 2021, to 11.2 million entries and exits, as a result of the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/2024/station-usage-2020-21-statistical-release.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126035454/https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/2024/station-usage-2020-21-statistical-release.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2021 |url-status=live|title=Station usage 2020 - 21|publisher=Office of Rail and Road|year=2021|accessdate=12 March 2022}}</ref>

In 2022 / 2023, it was ranked as the busiest station in the UK, with 80.4 million entries and exits, the increase being attributed to the opening of the Elizabeth line in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2023 |title=Liverpool Street becomes Britain's busiest station |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67716815 |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>

Trains depart from the main line station for destinations across the [[east of England]], including {{stnlnk|Norwich}}, {{stnlnk|Southminster}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{stnlnk|Clacton-on-Sea}}, {{stnlnk|Colchester}}, {{stnlnk|Chelmsford}}, {{stnlnk|Southend Victoria}}, {{stnlnk|Cambridge}}, {{stnlnk|Harlow Town}}, {{stnlnk|Hertford East}}, {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}} and many suburban stations in north and east London, [[Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire]]. A few daily express trains to {{stnlnk|Harwich International}} provide a connection with the [[Dutchflyer]] ferry to [[Hook of Holland]]. [[Stansted Express]] trains provide a link to {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} and Southend Victoria-bound services stop at {{stnlnk|Southend Airport}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/travel-information/station-information/lst|title=London Liverpool Street Information & Timetables|publisher=Greater Anglia|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>

Most passenger services on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] are operated by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]. Since 2015, the Shenfield stopping service has been operated by [[Transport for London]] (first under the [[TfL Rail]] brand, now the [[Elizabeth line]]), and the [[Lea Valley Lines]] to Enfield Town, Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) and Chingford are operated by [[London Overground]] (now under the [[Weaver line]] name). A small number of late-evening and weekend services operated by [[c2c]] run via [[Barking station|Barking]].<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008121059/http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/templates/Page.aspx?id=825 |url=http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/templates/Page.aspx?id=825 |title= Changes to late evening and Liverpool Street services |publisher= c2c |archive-date= 8 October 2007 |year=2007}}</ref> The station is split into two “halves”: the "west" side for the Lea Valley Lines services and the "east" side for services via Shenfield.{{sfn|Simmons|Biddle|1997|p=290}}

Trains on the central section of the Elizabeth line run west towards {{stn|Paddington}} and east to {{rws|Abbey Wood}} in south-east London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liverpool Street station |url=http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/liverpool-street/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028160432/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/liverpool-street/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2010 |access-date=25 August 2016 |publisher=Crossrail}}</ref>

The typical off-peak weekday service pattern from Liverpool Street is: 
{| class="wikitable sortable vatop"
|-
! Operator
! Line
! Destination
! Intermediate stations
! Rolling stock
! Frequency
! Note
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Elizabeth line]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Elizabeth line]]
|[[Heathrow Terminal 5 station|Heathrow Terminal 5]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Farringdon station|Farringdon]] – [[Tottenham Court Road station|Tottenham Court Road]] – [[Bond Street station|Bond Street]] – [[London Paddington station#Elizabeth|Paddington]] – [[Acton Main Line station|Acton Main Line]] – [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] – [[West Ealing railway station|West Ealing]] – [[Hanwell railway station|Hanwell]] – [[Southall railway station|Southall]] – [[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington]] – [[Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station|Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3]]

| rowspan="7" |[[British Rail Class 345|Class 345]]
| rowspan="1" | 2 per hour
|
|-

|[[Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station|Heathrow Terminal 4]]
| rowspan="1" | 4 per hour
|
|-
|[[Reading railway station|Reading]]
|[[Farringdon station|Farringdon]] – [[Tottenham Court Road station|Tottenham Court Road]] – [[Bond Street station|Bond Street]] – [[London Paddington station#Elizabeth|Paddington]] – [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] – [[Southall railway station|Southall]] – [[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington]] – [[West Drayton station|West Drayton]] – [[Langley railway station|Langley]] – [[Slough railway station|Slough]] – [[Burnham railway station|Burnham]] – [[Taplow railway station|Taplow]] – [[Maidenhead railway station|Maidenhead]] – [[Twyford railway station|Twyford]]
| rowspan="2" | 2 per hour
|
|-
|[[Maidenhead railway station|Maidenhead]]
|[[Farringdon station|Farringdon]] – [[Tottenham Court Road station|Tottenham Court Road]] – [[Bond Street station|Bond Street]] – [[London Paddington station#Elizabeth|Paddington]] – [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] – [[Southall railway station|Southall]] – [[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington]] – [[West Drayton station|West Drayton]] – [[Iver railway station|Iver]] – [[Langley railway station|Langley]] – [[Slough railway station|Slough]] – [[Burnham railway station|Burnham]]
|
|-
|[[London Paddington station|Paddington]]
|[[Farringdon station|Farringdon]] – [[Tottenham Court Road station|Tottenham Court Road]] – [[Bond Street station|Bond Street]]
| rowspan="1" | 6 per hour
|
|-
|[[Abbey Wood railway station|Abbey Wood]]
|[[Whitechapel station|Whitechapel]] – [[Canary Wharf railway station|Canary Wharf]] – [[Custom House station|Custom House]] – [[Woolwich railway station|Woolwich]]
| rowspan="2" | 8 per hour
|
|-
| [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]]
| [[Whitechapel station|Whitechapel]] – [[Stratford station|Stratford]] – [[Maryland railway station|Maryland]] – [[Forest Gate railway station|Forest Gate]] – [[Manor Park railway station|Manor Park]] – [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] – [[Seven Kings railway station|Seven Kings]] – [[Goodmayes railway station|Goodmayes]] – [[Chadwell Heath railway station|Chadwell Heath]] – [[Romford railway station|Romford]] – [[Gidea Park railway station|Gidea Park]] – [[Harold Wood railway station|Harold Wood]] – [[Brentwood railway station|Brentwood]]
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]
| rowspan="7" | [[Great Eastern Main Line|GEML]]
| [[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend Victoria]]
| [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] – [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] – [[Billericay railway station|Billericay]] – [[Wickford railway station|Wickford]] – [[Rayleigh railway station|Rayleigh]] – [[Hockley railway station, Essex|Hockley]] – [[Rochford railway station|Rochford]] – [[Southend Airport railway station|Southend Airport]] – [[Prittlewell railway station|Prittlewell]]
| [[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]
| 3 per hour
| 1 calls additionally at [[Romford railway station|Romford]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]
| [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] – [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] – [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] – [[Diss railway station|Diss]]
| rowspan="2" | [[British Rail Class 745|Class 745]]<ref name=nre>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/47340.aspx|title=Albelio Greater Anglia / Stansted Express|publisher=National Rail Enquiries|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" | 1 per hour
|
|-
| [[Stratford station|Stratford]] – [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] – [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] – [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]] – [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] – [[Stowmarket railway station|Stowmarket]] – [[Diss railway station|Diss]]
|
|-
| [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]]
| [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] – [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] – [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] – [[Hatfield Peverel railway station|Hatfield Peverel]] – [[Witham railway station|Witham]] – [[Kelvedon railway station|Kelvedon]] – [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] – [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] – [[Manningtree railway station|Manningtree]]
| rowspan="4" | [[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]
|
|-
| [[Clacton-on-Sea railway station|Clacton-on-Sea]]
| [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] – [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] – [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] – [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] – [[Witham railway station|Witham]] – [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] – [[Wivenhoe railway station|Wivenhoe]] – [[Thorpe-le-Soken railway station|Thorpe-le-Soken]]
|
|-
| [[Colchester Town railway station|Colchester Town]]
| [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] – [[Romford railway station|Romford]] – [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] – [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] – [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] – [[Witham railway station|Witham]] – [[Kelvedon railway station|Kelvedon]] – [[Marks Tey railway station|Marks Tey]] – [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]]
|
|-
| {{stnlnk|Braintree|England}}
| [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]] – [[Shenfield railway station|Shenfield]] – [[Ingatestone railway station|Ingatestone]] – [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]] – [[Witham railway station|Witham]] – [[White Notley railway station|White Notley]] – [[Cressing railway station|Cressing]] – [[Braintree Freeport railway station|Braintree Freeport]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[London Overground]] ([[Weaver line]])
| rowspan="8" | [[West Anglia Main Line|WAML]]
| [[Chingford railway station|Chingford]]
| [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] – [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] – [[Clapton railway station|Clapton]] – [[St James Street railway station|St James Street]] – [[Walthamstow Central railway station|Walthamstow Central]] – [[Wood Street railway station|Wood Street]] – [[Highams Park railway station|Highams Park]]
| rowspan="3" | [[British Rail Class 710|Class 710]]{{sfn|TfL|2016|p=4}}
| 4 per hour
|
|-
| [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]]
| [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] – [[Cambridge Heath railway station|Cambridge Heath]] – [[London Fields railway station|London Fields]] – [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] – [[Rectory Road railway station|Rectory Road]] – [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]] – [[Stamford Hill railway station|Stamford Hill]] – [[Seven Sisters railway station|Seven Sisters]] – [[Bruce Grove railway station|Bruce Grove]] – [[White Hart Lane railway station|White Hart Lane]] – [[Silver Street railway station|Silver Street]] – [[Edmonton Green railway station|Edmonton Green]] – [[Southbury railway station|Southbury]] – [[Turkey Street railway station|Turkey Street]] – [[Theobalds Grove railway station|Theobald Grove]]
| rowspan="5" | 2 per hour
|
|-
| [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield Town]]
| [[Bethnal Green railway station|Bethnal Green]] – [[Cambridge Heath railway station|Cambridge Heath]] – [[London Fields railway station|London Fields]] – [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] – [[Rectory Road railway station|Rectory Road]] – [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]] – [[Stamford Hill railway station|Stamford Hill]] – [[Seven Sisters railway station|Seven Sisters]] – [[Bruce Grove railway station|Bruce Grove]] – [[White Hart Lane railway station|White Hart Lane]] – [[Silver Street railway station|Silver Street]] – [[Edmonton Green railway station|Edmonton Green]] – [[Bush Hill Park railway station|Bush Hill Park]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]/[[Stansted Express]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]]
| [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] – [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishops Stortford]]
| rowspan="2" | [[British Rail Class 745|Class 745]]<ref name="nre" />
|
|-
| [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] – [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]]
| 1 calls additionally at [[Stansted Mountfitchet railway station|Stansted Mountfitchet]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]
| [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford East]]
| [[Hackney Downs railway station|Hackney Downs]] – [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] – [[Ponders End railway station|Ponders End]] – [[Brimsdown railway station|Brimsdown]] – [[Enfield Lock railway station|Enfield Lock]] – [[Waltham Cross railway station|Waltham Cross]] – [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] – [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]] – [[Rye House railway station|Rye House]] – [[St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station|St Margarets]] – [[Ware railway station|Ware]]
| [[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]<ref name="railadvent.co.uk">{{cite web | url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/07/greater-anglia-invites-enthusiasts-to-ride-on-class-317s-out-of-london-liverpool-street-for-one-last-time.html | title=Greater Anglia invites enthusiasts to ride on Class 317s out of London Liverpool Street for one last time | date=13 July 2022 }}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Cambridge North railway station|Cambridge North]]
| [[Tottenham Hale railway station|Tottenham Hale]] – [[Cheshunt railway station|Cheshunt]] – [[Broxbourne railway station|Broxbourne]] – [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]] – [[Bishops Stortford railway station|Bishops Stortford]] – [[Audley End railway station|Audley End]] – [[Whittlesford Parkway railway station|Whittlesford Parkway –]] [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]
| [[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]<ref name="railadvent.co.uk"/>
| rowspan="2" | 1 per hour
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|-
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====Service table====
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  |system1=National Rail
  |note-row1=
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{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|next=Hackney Downs|toc=Greater Anglia|route={{smalldiv|[[Lea Valley lines]]}}}}
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{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|next=Stratford|toc=c2c|route={{smalldiv|[[London, Tilbury and Southend line]]}}|notemid={{smalldiv|Weekends only}}}}
  |system6=Elizabeth Line
    |line6=Elizabeth|left6=Farringdon|right6=Whitechapel
    |line7=Elizabeth|type7=Shenfield|right7=Stratford
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    |line8=Weaver|right8=Bethnal Green
  |header9=Disused railways
  |note-row9={{rail line|rows1=2|next={{stnlnk|Dalston Kingsland}} <br/> {{smalldiv|Line disused, station open}}|route=[[Network SouthEast]] <br/> {{smalldiv|
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==London Underground station==
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| name          = Liverpool Street     
| symbol        = underground
| alt_name      = 
| manager       = [[London Underground]]  
| manager1      =
| manager2      = 
| owner         = [[Transport for London]]
| owner1        =
| owner2        =
| locale        = Bishopsgate 
| borough       = [[City of London]]
| platforms     = 4
| fare_zone     = 1
| cyclepark = Yes (platform 10 & external)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/stop/940GZZLULVT/liverpool-street-underground-station|title=Liverpool Street Underground Station|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref>
| railcode      =
| railcode2     = 
| image_name    = Liverpool Street Underground concourse entr.JPG
| image_alt     =
| caption       = Entrance from the main concourse at Liverpool Street
| coordinates   = 
| map_type      =
| years1        = 1 February 1875{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=112}}
| years2        = 12 July 1875{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=112}}
| years3        = 1 November 1909{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}}
| years4        = 28 July 1912{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=117}}
| years5        = 4 December 1946
| years6        =
| events1       = Opened (using main line)
| events2       = Opened as ''Bishopsgate''
| events3       = Renamed ''Liverpool Street''
| events4       = [[Central line (London Underground)]] opened (terminus)
| events5       = Central line extended (through)
| events6       =
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| access = yes
| access_note =  (Sub-surface eastbound platform only)<ref>{{citation step free tube map}}</ref>
}}

===Services===
On the London Underground, Liverpool Street is on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]], [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] and [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan]] lines, and is the sixth-busiest station on the network.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cityam.com/220725/london-underground-really-getting-more-crowded-here-are-10-busiest-tube-stations |title=The London Underground really is getting more crowded – here are the 10 busiest Tube stations |newspaper=City AM |location= London |date=23 July 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> On the Central line, the station is between [[Bank and Monument stations|Bank]] and [[Bethnal Green tube station|Bethnal Green]] stations. On the Circle and Metropolitan lines, it is between [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]] and [[Aldgate tube station|Aldgate]] stations. On the Hammersmith & City line, it is between Moorgate and [[Aldgate East tube station|Aldgate East]] stations. In common with other tube stations serving Central London termini, this station is in fare zone 1. There is no wheelchair access to the tube lines,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010032009/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2015 |url-status=live |title=Standard Tube Map |publisher= Transport for London|access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref> except from the eastbound Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, which have a ramp leading to the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf |title=Step-free Tube Guide|publisher=Transport for London|date=December 2023|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

{{Adjacent stations|system=London Underground
  |line1=Central|left1=Bank|right1=Bethnal Green
  |line2=Circle|left2=Moorgate|right2=Aldgate|type2=section 2
  |line3=Hammersmith & City|left3=Moorgate|right3=Aldgate East|to-left3=Hammersmith via King's Cross St. Pancras
  |line4=Metropolitan|left4=Moorgate|right4=Aldgate|to-right4=Aldgate
|header5=Former services
|system6=London Underground
  |line6=Metropolitan |left6=Moorgate|right6=Aldgate East |to-left6=Hammersmith |to-right6=Barking |note-mid6=[[Metropolitan Railway#Hammersmith & City Railway|Hammersmith branch]] (1864–1990)}}

===History===
[[File:Liverpool_street_tube_station_entrance.jpg|thumb|right|Street entrance to the Underground station]]
Liverpool Street had been designed to integrate with the expanding London Underground network, and served as a new terminus for the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR) which extended east from [[Moorgate tube station|Moorgate]].{{sfn|Bownes|Green|Mullins|2012|p=37}} From 1874 to 1875, the MR used the Liverpool Street main line station as a terminus; the company opened its own station on 12 July 1875, initially named '''Bishopsgate'''.{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}} Subsurface platforms 1 and 2 were opened in 1875.{{sfn|Menear|1983|p=14}} A west-facing bay platform, platform 3, was formerly located to the south of platform 2;<ref>{{Cite book|title=London Railway Atlas|last=Brown|first=Joe|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing Limited|year=2015|isbn=978-0-7110-3819-6|location=Hersham|pages=26, 90}}</ref> this was used by terminating Metropolitan line trains from the west.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/MiscTube.html|title=Images of former Platform 3 at Liverpool Street underground station}}</ref> It was in use by 1896,<ref>Ordnance Survey Town Plan London scale 1:1056 dated 1896</ref> and was still in use in 1974,<ref>London Transport, Timetable Metropolitan Line, 1974</ref> but was redundant by 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Railway Track Diagrams – England South and London Underground|editor-last=Jacobs|editor-first=Gerald|publisher=Quail Map Company|year=1994|isbn=1-898319-07-3|location=Exeter|pages=44B}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

The underground station was renamed '''Liverpool Street''' on 1 November 1909.{{sfn|Smith|2001|p=177}}{{efn|An additional, smaller station called [[Bishopsgate (Low Level) railway station|Bishopsgate (Low Level)]] existed on the main line just outside of Liverpool Street from 1872 until 1916.{{sfn|Patmore|1987|p=195}}}} In 1912, after the completion of [[Central London Railway Liverpool Street extension|an extension project]] from [[Bank-Monument station|Bank]], the underground station became a new terminus of the [[Central London Railway]] (CLR).<ref name="psund">{{Cite PastScape|mnumber=502060|mname = Liverpool Street underground station, Bishopgate underground station|access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> The platforms that are now the deep-level Central line platforms 4 and 5 opened as the eastern terminus of the CLR on 28 July 1912.{{sfn|Menear|1983|p=41}}{{sfn|ICE|1987|p=40}} The tube station was one of the first to use the Moore Vacuum Tube, a new system of lighting that produced three times as much as a normal bulb.{{sfn|Long|2010|p=50}}

The tube station became one of the principal shelters during [[the Blitz]]. The station was not initially open to the public as a shelter, but during heavy raids on the [[East End of London|East End]] on 7 September 1940, many sought refuge at the station, which was the safest and most practical shelter for many. Some sources suggest that the local people forced entry, others that staff decided to open the gates to everyone without asking for tickets, something which would have been technically illegal.{{sfn|Bownes|Green|Mullins|2012|pp=155–6}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-council/untold-story-of-people-s-war-in-london-blitz-3413882|title=Untold story of People's War in London Blitz|newspaper=East London Advertiser|date=25 September 2010|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>

On 4 December 1946, the passenger line was extended eastwards as part of the [[World War II|war]]-delayed London Passenger Transport Board's [[New Works Programme]].{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|ICE|1987|p=42}}{{sfn|Day|Reed|2008|pp=146–7}} An Underground ticket hall was added in 1951.<ref name="psund"/>

During the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7 July 2005 terrorist attacks]] on London, a bomb was exploded aboard an Underground train that had departed Liverpool Street toward [[Aldgate tube station|Aldgate]]. Seven passengers were killed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/html/aldgate.stm| title =London Attacks: Liverpool Street| work =BBC News Channel | publisher = BBC News}}</ref>

==London Post Office Railway station==
The '''Liverpool Street Post Office Railway station''' is a disused station that was operated by [[Royal Mail]] on the [[London Post Office Railway]] system.

The station is between [[Mount Pleasant Mail Centre]] and Whitechapel Eastern District Post Office, and is situated at the south end of Liverpool Street under the [[Great Eastern Hotel, London|Great Eastern Hotel]]. It opened in December 1927;{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=118}} lifts on either side of the station as well as chutes enabled the transfer of mail to and from the main station.{{sfn|Campion|1987|p=98}} Two {{convert|315|ft|m|adj=on}} parcel and letter bag conveyors were connected to platforms 10 and 11 (currently used by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]); postal traffic reached 10,000 bags daily in the 1930s, with 690 Post Office services calling.{{sfn|Jackson|1984|p=118}} The system was discontinued in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25145632|title=Mail Rail: What is it like on the 'secret' tube|first=Andy|last=Dangerfield|work=BBC News|date=28 January 2014|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, a team from the [[University of Cambridge]] began conducting a study in a short, double track section of unused tunnel near the platforms where a newly built tunnel for [[Crossrail]] is situated almost two metres beneath. The study is to establish how the original [[cast-iron]] lining sections, which are similar to those used for many miles of railway under London, resist possible deformation and soil movement caused by the developments.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bridging the Knowledge Gap in London's 'Secret Tube'|url=http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/20140613BCIawardshortlist|publisher=Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction|access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref>

==Future developments==

===London Underground===
The Central line runs directly below {{rws|Shoreditch High Street}} on the [[London Overground]]'s [[Windrush line]] and an interchange has been desired locally in neighbouring Shoreditch since it opened in 2010. The new platforms would lie between Bethnal Green and Liverpool Street on one of the longest gaps between stations in inner London. Although there would be benefits to this interchange, it was ruled out on grounds of cost, the disruption it would cause to the Central line while being built, and because the platforms would be too close to sidings at Liverpool Street; the proposal will not be reconsidered until after the Elizabeth line is fully operational.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hawkins|first1=John|title=Meeting Reports: The East London Line Extension|url=http://lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf09/sept/meeting_reports.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916003307/http://lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf09/sept/meeting_reports.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=live|website=London Underground Railway Society}}</ref>

===Freight trial===
A freight trial between Liverpool Street and London Gateway was planned to start in April or May 2020, using a [[Class 769]] bi-mode train.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clinnick |first1=Richard |title=London Gateway-Liverpool Street freight trial planned |url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/exclusive-london-gateway-liverpool-street-freight-trial-planned |access-date=9 October 2019 |work=[[RAIL magazine]] |date=9 October 2019}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=June 2022}}

==Cultural references==
Liverpool Street is one of the four railway stations present on the British version of [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]], along with [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]], {{rws|Fenchurch Street}} and [[Marylebone station|Marylebone]]. All four stations were termini of LNER services when [[Victor Watson]] redesigned the game for the British market in 1936.{{sfn|Moore|2003|pp=158–159}}

The station features in several fictional terrorist attacks: in [[Andy McNab]]'s novel ''[[Nick Stone Missions|Dark Winter]]'' the station is the target of an attack; in ''London Under Attack'', a 2004 ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' docu-drama portrayal of a terrorist attack on London using chlorine gas;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3686201.stm | work=BBC News Online | title=London under attack | date=6 May 2004 | location = London}}</ref> and the drama ''[[Dirty War (film)|Dirty War]]'' (2004) portrayed a suicide terrorist attack using a "[[dirty bomb]]" near the Underground station.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jul/28/bbc.media|title=BBC drama to depict 'dirty bomb' in London|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 July 2004|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>

The station has also been used as a backdrop for a number of other film and television productions, including espionage films ''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]'' (2006)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/jul/21/family.comedy|title=Stormbreaker|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 July 2006|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://filming.networkrail.co.uk/home.aspx|title=Filming on Network Rail stations and property|publisher=Network Rail|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002195805/https://filming.networkrail.co.uk/home.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> and crime drama ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'' (2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h2b4g|title=The Shadow Line, Episode 4|work=BBC Two|date=20 May 2011|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> as well as the site for staged [[flash mobs]] in the film ''[[St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]'' (2009),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/st-trinians-liverpool-street-station-dance-6737912.html|title=St Trinian's Liverpool Street station dance|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=17 August 2009|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> and for a [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]] advert.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filming.networkrail.co.uk/whatsfilmedwhere/tmobilecommercial.aspx?pageid=46|title=T-Mobile Commercial Liverpool Street|publisher=Network Rail|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002200901/https://filming.networkrail.co.uk/whatsfilmedwhere/tmobilecommercial.aspx?pageid=46|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the music video for "[[Taxloss]]" by [[Mansun]], directed by [[Roman Coppola]], £25,000 in £5 notes was dropped onto commuters at the station.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5wWdLvdWk |title=Mansun - Taxloss (Official Promo Video) |date=13 January 2017 |type=Video |language=en |access-date=24 March 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ho |first=Judith |date=28 August 1999 |title=Shadow Boxing |work=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref>

H. G. Wells's 1898 novel ''The War of The Worlds'' included a chaotic rush to board trains at Liverpool Street as the Martian machines overran military defences in the West End.{{sfn|Wells|2015|p=167}}

The station is the subject of the poem "Liverpool Street Station" by [[John Davidson (poet)|John Davidson]].{{sfn|Dow|loc=354.2, p. 108}}

{{Blockquote|<poem>
Through crystal roofs the sunlight fell,
And pencilled beams the gloss renewed
On iron rafters balanced well
On iron struts; though dimly hued.
With smoke o'erlaid, with dust endued.
The walls and beams like beryl shone;
And dappled light the platforms strewed
With yellow foliage of the dawn
That withered by the porch of day's divan.</poem>|John Davidson | Fleet Street and Other Poems (Extract).{{sfn|Davidson|1909|pp=43–58}}}}

==See also==
* [[Liverpool Street signal box]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{Notelist}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Periodicals===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite journal|date = 27 October 1865|title = New station for the Great Eastern|url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/ab/Er18651027.pdf|journal = [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|volume = 20|ref = {{sfnref|The Engineer|1865}}}}
*{{cite journal|date = 11 June 1875|title = Great Eastern Railway Company's new station at Liverpool Street|url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/7/73/Er18750611.pdf|journal = [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|volume = 39|ref = {{sfnref|The Engineer|1875}}}}
*{{cite journal|title = The Enlargement of Liverpool-Street Station, Great Eastern Railway|journal = [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]}}
**{{cite journal|date = 8 June 1894a|title = No.I|journal = [[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/3/33/Er18940608.pdf|volume = 77|pages = 493–495|ref = {{sfnref|The Engineer|1894a}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =15 June 1894b|title =No.II|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/2a/Er18940615.pdf|volume =77|pages =515–516|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1894b}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =29 June 1894|title =No.III|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/9/9b/Er18940629.pdf|volume =77|pages =559–560|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1894c}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =12 October 1894|title =No.IV|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/f/f1/Er18941012.pdf|volume =78|pages =313–315|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1894d}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =19 October 1894|title =No.V|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/6/64/Er18941019.pdf|volume =78|pages =335–337|ref =none}}
**{{cite journal|date =24 April 1896|title =Bridge at Worship Street|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/0d/Er18960424.pdf|volume =81|pages =414–416|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1896a}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =21 August 1896|title =Extension of Primrose Street bridge|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/a9/Er18960821.pdf|volume =82|pages =186–188, ''illus.'' p. 183|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1896b}}}}
**{{cite journal|date =26 February 1897|title =Extension of Skinner Street bridge|journal =[[The Engineer (UK magazine)|The Engineer]]|url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/a/a6/18970226.pdf|volume =83|pages =214–215; ''illus.'' pp. 222–223|ref ={{sfnref|The Engineer|1897}}}}
*{{cite report| url = http://www.networkrail.co.uk/london-liverpool-street-station/architectural-mini-guide.pdf| title = Architectural mini guide – Liverpool Street| publisher = Network Rail| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140221153125/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/london-liverpool-street-station/architectural-mini-guide.pdf| archive-date = 21 February 2014| url-status = dead| ref = {{harvid|Network Rail|2014}}| df = dmy-all}}
*{{cite journal|date=8 January 2016|title=Signalling Crossrail|url=http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/01/08/signalling-crossrail/|ref={{sfnref|Rail Engineer|2016}}|journal=Rail Engineer|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010059/http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/01/08/signalling-crossrail/|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite magazine |date=June 2012 |editor-last=Pigott |editor-first=Nick |editor-link=Nick Pigott |title=Waterloo still London's busiest station |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |location=Horncastle, Lincs |publisher=Mortons Media Group |volume=158 |number=1334 }}
*{{cite report|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/fpc-160302-15-london-overground-operating-concession.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629124851/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/fpc-160302-15-london-overground-operating-concession.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live|title=Finance and Policy Committee : London Overground Train Operating Concession|date=2 March 2016|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=14 September 2016|ref={{harvid|TfL|2016}}}}
{{Refend}}

===Books===
{{Refbegin|30em}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924022791572|title = The Railways of England|last = Ackworth|first = W.M.|publisher = John Murray|year = 1900|edition = 5th.|location=London|author-link=William Mitchell Acworth}}
*{{cite book|title=Railways in the Landscape|last=Biddle|first=Gordon|publisher=Casemate Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-1-473-86237-1}}
*{{cite book|title = Underground : How the Tube Shaped London|last1=Bownes|first1=David|last2=Green|first2=Oliver|last3= Mullins|first3 = Sam|publisher = Allen Lane|year=2012|isbn=978-1-846-14462-2}}
*{{cite book|title = Conserving the Railway Heritage|last1=Burman|first1=Peter|last2=Stratton|first2=Michael|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year = 2014|isbn = 978-1-136-74493-8}}
*{{cite book|chapter = The Redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station|last = Campion|first = R.J.|title = Urban Railways and the Civil Engineer: Conference Proceedings|publisher = Thomas Telford|year= 1987|isbn =  9780727713377}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fleetstreetando01davigoog|title = Fleet Street and Other Poems|last = Davidson|first = John|year = 1909|author-link = John Davidson (poet)|publisher = G. Richards}}
*{{cite book|title=The Story of London's Underground|last2=Reed|first2=John|publisher=Capital Transport|year=2008|isbn=978-1-85414-316-7|edition=10th|location=Harrow|last1=Day|first1=John R.|orig-year=1963}}
*{{cite book|title = Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations|editor-last = Dow|editor-first = Andrew}}
*{{cite book|title = Electric Railways 1880–1990|last = Duffy|first = Michael C.|series = History of Technology Series|publisher = The Institute of Engineering and Technology|year = 2003|isbn = 0852968051|number =31}}
*{{cite book|title = Underground to Everywhere: London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital|author-first = Stephen|author-last = Halliday}}
*{{cite book|title = First Blitz|last = Hanson|first  =Neil|year =2008}}
*{{cite book|title = London's Termini|publisher = David & Charles|year = 1984|isbn = 0-330-02747-6|location=London|first1=Alan A.|last1=Jackson|orig-year=1969}}
*{{cite book|title = The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities|last = Kellett|first = John R.|year = 2007|type = digital reprint|orig-year = 1969}}
*{{cite book|title=The Little Book of the London Underground|last=Long|first=David|publisher=The History Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-752-46236-3}}
*{{cite book|title=London's underground stations: a social and architectural study|last=Menear|first=Laurence|publisher=Midas|year=1983|isbn=978-0-859-36124-8}}
*{{cite book|title=Do Not Pass Go|last=Moore|first=Tim|publisher=Random House|year=2003|isbn=978-1-409-02216-9}}
*{{cite book|title=Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact|last= Murphy|first = Justin D.|year =2005}}
*{{cite book|title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Greater London|last=Patmore|first=John Allan|publisher=David & Charles|year=1987|isbn=978-0-946-53739-6}}
*{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=280|title= A History of the County of Essex|series = Victoria County History|year =1966|editor-last = Powell|editor-first = W.R.|volume =5|chapter = 14. Metropolitan Essex since 1919 – Suburban growth|chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42708}}
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*{{cite book|title=The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History|last=Rose|first=Douglas|date=December 2007|publisher=Capital Transport|isbn=978-1-85414-315-0|edition=8th|location=Harrow Weald|orig-year=1980}}
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | title = Liverpool Street : A station for the 21st Century| first = Nick| last = Derbyshire| publisher = Granta| year = 1991| isbn  = 0906782864}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Liverpool Street station}}
*[https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stations/liverpool-street/ Station information] on Liverpool Street station from [[Network Rail]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-M0A5yzvc London Landscape TV episode (7 mins) about Liverpool Street station]

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