Liverpool Street

## Services

### Served by

Greater Anglia, c2c, London Overground, London Underground (Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines), Elizabeth line

**London Liverpool Street** is a major terminus in the City of London, directly run by Network Rail. It is served by Greater Anglia, Stansted Express, c2c (weekends), London Overground, Elizabeth line, and London Underground's Central, Hammersmith & City, Circle, and Metropolitan lines. It is in London Zone 1 and has a connection to Moorgate, via the Elizabeth line.

## History

Liverpool Street was originally opened on the 2nd February 1874 by the Great Eastern Railway, serving as the terminus for their services to Norwich and King's Lynn. The station's roof was designed by Edward Wilson, GER's chief engineer. Not long after, the Metropolitan Railway arrived on the 1st February 1875, connecting the station to other important termini, like Paddington and King's Cross.

During WW2, the station had a crucial role to play, being one of the main hubs for the evacuation of children into more rural areas.

In the 1980s, Liverpool Street had become run-down, like a lot of other stations, and in need of an upgrade, so refurbishments were carried out and completed in 1992.

Liverpool Street was damaged by the Bishopsgate bombings in 1993, and a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on a Circle line train between Liverpool Street and Aldgate on 7th July 2005.

## National Rail

It is the southern terminus of both the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) to Norwich and the West Anglia Main Line (WAML) to Cambridge. There are also fast services to London Stansted Airport, the Stansted Express, and slow, regional services to London Southend Airport. Services here are primarily run by Greater Anglia, into the East of England, with some weekend services operated by c2c along the southern Essex coast to Southend-on-Sea and Shoeburyness.

## London Underground

The first 'Underground' service was the Metropolitan Railway, in 1875. The services only grew since then.

Liverpool Street is served by the deep-level Central line, serving destinations such as West Ruislip, Ealing Broadway, Epping, and others, and the sub-surface Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, serving destinations such as Uxbridge, Hammersmith, and Watford, but also to other termini such as Paddington, King's Cross, St Pancras, and Cannon Street. There is step-free access to the eastbound sub-surface platform, but no step-free access to the westbound sub-surface, or the Central line.

## London Overground

On the 31st May 2015, most stopping services on the Lea Valley lines from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt, and Chingford were transferred from Greater Anglia to TfL, who added it to the Overground network.

Frequent services run from the main Liverpool Street station to Enfield Town, Cheshunt, or Chingford. A connection between the Lea Valley lines and the North London Lines exists at Hackney Downs/Hackney Central, and to the Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside line (GOBLIN) at Seven Sisters/South Tottenham and Walthamstow Central/Walthamstow Queen's Road.

## Elizabeth Line

Liverpool Street Elizabeth line station opened with the rest of the central section (Paddington to Abbey Wood) on the 24th May 2022, but the services from Liverpool Street to Shenfield had been running since 2015 under the name *TfL Rail*, using the main National Rail terminus.

Elizabeth Line services run to Heathrow, Reading, Abbey Wood, and Shenfield, but are not entirely through running. The service pattern is Heathrow/Reading to Abbey Wood, and Paddington to Shenfield. Some services may still use the main National Rail platforms, these services do not stop at Whitechapel. Check before you travel.

1. ↑ https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/london-liverpool-street/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20130408051828/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/london-liverpool-street-station/history/
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrJnbOQ9\_Us
5. ↑ 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
6. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london\_blasts/html/aldgate.stm
7. ↑ https://content.tfl.gov.uk/london-rail-and-tube-services-map.pdf
8. ↑ https://content.tfl.gov.uk/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/29/neglected-rail-services-london-tfl-overground
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTAAnCabqKA
11. ↑ https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/through-running-of-elizabeth-line-between-shenfield-stratford-and-heathrow-reading.232538/