Liverpool Street Station

Liverpool Street originally comprised two distinct shed areas known as the Eastern train shed and the Western train shed. During the redevelopment between 1985-1991 the Eastern shed was demolished and the Western shed was re-configured, with much of the original remaining. The original station occupied a site of approximately 10 acres and was partially built on the former Bethlem Hospital site.

Instrumental in tailoring the station to modern requirements was the creation of a new concourse running across the heads of the re-aligned platforms.To facilitate this, a new transept was created which incorporated new entrances to Liverpool Street itself, Bishopsgate and a new bus terminus to the western end of the concourse.

The cast iron structures are particularly fine and the acanthus leaves capitals, removed in the 1950s, have been fully reinstated. The brickwork generally is of Suffolk origin with Bath stone dressings