Liverpool Street Railway Station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London. It is the terminus of two main lines: the busier Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) to Norwich and the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge. There are also local commuter services to parts of East London and Essex. In addition, it is the terminus of the Stansted Express, a fast link to London Stansted Airportas well as a train to the Southend Airport.
The station was built on the site of the original Bethlem Royal Hospital widley known as Bedlam, was opened to traffic on 2 February 1874 by the Great Eastern Railway and was completely operational from 1 November 1875.
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. Liverpool Street is one of seventeen stations directly managed by Network Rail. The station has exits to Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street and the Broadgate development. The station is served by the Central, Circle, Metropolitan, Northern, Hammersmith & City Line, and ther new Accessable Elizabeth Line. The station is in Travelcard Zone 1.
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