Revamping Liverpool Street Station: What’s Being Planned

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Revamping Liverpool Street Station: What’s Being Planned

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Network Rail Property Leading Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plans to deliver significant improvements while protecting the station’s heritage.

It’s time the station becomes a destination in its own right and handle the demands of the future. London Liverpool Street station is a major transport hub connecting well over 100 million people a year within London and the southeast, with passengers forecast to grow to over 140 million a year by 2050.

What Benefits Does the Liverpool Street Station Redevelopment Bring to Station Users?

This is a transport-led scheme promoted by Network Rail Property. We are focused on delivering significant improvements and introducing essential changes while preserving the station’s heritage. Key improvements include:

Increasing the size of the concourse to ease congestion
Step-free access across the station and London Underground
Delivering 7 new lifts to make Network Rail platforms and the London Underground more accessible.
Increasing the number of escalators from 4 to 8 to enable easier access to the trains
More ticket barriers to reduce queuing
New toilets, including family facilities on all levels of the station.
New landmark entrances on Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Exchange Square.
Additional waiting lounges
Better signage throughout, making the busses easier to find.
More cycle storage with direct access to platforms
More space for passengers inside the station
A greater variety of cafes, restaurants and shops

Upper Concourse & Gate Capacity Improvements

We aim to provide a large new concourse that will improve circulation and ease congestion for station users. With up to 135 million people using Liverpool Street Station annually, passengers experience poor accessibility, overcrowding, and limited connectivity within the station. The proposed upper concourse aims to deliver greater accessibility during peak times and deliver a better passenger experience.

Alongside the new concourse, to address the concerns with ticket queues at peak times due to limited ticket gates. By increasing the gateline capacity by 60%, we aim to ease congestion & overcrowding to reduce the wait for passengers aiming to continue their journey.

Train station turnstiles with five gates, including accessible and bicycle lanes, under bright ceiling lights. Platforms with trains and signs are visible beyond.

Better Accessibility & More Facilities

As part of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plan, we aim to significantly improve accessibility at the station, making it easier to manoeuvre for those with mobility impairments, carrying large luggage, and parents with pushchairs. By increasing the number of lifts from 1 to 7 & the number of escalators from 4 to 10, it will ensure a smoother journey for Liverpool Street Station users and provide a more inclusive environment.

"Investing in transport infrastructure is key to unlocking future economic growth. We’ve spent time talking and listening: our latest plans celebrate Victorian features including the original train shed and the Great Eastern Hotel. Network Rail Property is leading a new team with a new approach which will respect the station’s unique heritage - simple in design, embracing London’s mix of the old with the new. A new office building on top of the station concourse will generate the money to pay for these improvements."
Robin Dobson, Group Property Director at Network Rail Property

Can the Liverpool Street Station Redevelopment Benefit Businesses?

As the UK’s central business district, the Eastern City is a hub of economic activity and a prime destination for workforce traffic. The redevelopment aims to enhance the area’s offerings of cafés, restaurants, and shops, creating new retail and commercial opportunities. With further investment, the project aims to foster a more dynamic and appealing environment for businesses and visitors alike.

Interior of a Liverpool Street Station with rows of shops on an upper level, including M&S Food, Isle of Flowers, and Lush, above a busy platform. A fantastic area for retail & business opportunities due to high footfall.

ACME is working with Network Rail Property to bring forward new proposals for Liverpool Street Station. The new scheme is based on a thorough understanding of the operational needs of the station and its historic significance. The original 1864 station and its 1991 reconfiguration are remarkable for their cathedral-like concourse and train shed, and the new concourse roof extends this language into the 21st century.

We are delighted to be part of this monumental design challenge to create a world-class transport gateway in the City of London. Working with Network Rail Property, we are creating a transport hub that will work for the city and all Londoners. The 1990s saw a few stations such as Victoria, Cannon Street and Charing Cross compromised by Over-Station Development. At Liverpool Street, we will retain the sense of a tall and airy concourse, with a flexible workplace building above to fund the development of the station at street level.
Friedrich Ludewig, Founding Director, ACME

Network Rail will be consulting on the changes with passengers, local businesses, heritage groups and elected representatives and intend to submit a planning application within the next few months.

More information is available at: www.timeforliverpoolstreet.co.uk

Catrin Sharp

Head of Communications Network Rail Property