Liverpool Street Station, City of London, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Architectural interest: * for the architectural and engineering importance of the western trainshed of 1873-1875 by Edward Wilson for the Great Eastern Railway.

Nov 28, 2022 · Architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled plans to revamp the Liverpool Street station in London. The scheme includes “vital upgrades” aimed at transforming the Victorian-era...

Oct 26, 2023 · Herzog & de Meuron’s controversial proposals for overhauling Liverpool Street station have been detailed in new images which include earlier concepts

Apr 6, 2022 · This major London rail hub was built as a dual-level station with an underground station opened in 1875 for the Metropolitan Railway, named Bishopsgate until 1909 when it was renamed Liverpool Street.

Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, [6] [7] is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without.

Aug 5, 2023 · Why isn’t Liverpool Street Station a listed building? It has all the qualities of a great Victorian railway station. The cast-iron roofs to the railway shed by E Wilson are cathedral-like in scale and pure railway Gothic in their style.

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.

Apr 19, 2023 · In addition to the towers, Herzog & de Meuron’s plans include six new escalators taking passengers down to platform level as well as the opening-up of a thoroughfare connecting Liverpool Street and Sun Street.

The vision for Liverpool Street station is being developed in collaboration with Pritzker Prize winning architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron, with the over £1.5 billion project aiming to create a world-class transport hub and landmark seven-day-a-week destination in its own right, delivering a new retail and leisure hub for visitors ...

Key heritage features, such as the Grade II listed WWI Memorials, Kindertransport statues, and other historical elements, will be carefully maintained and enhanced. We’ll protect and celebrate the station’s unique Victorian features, ensuring they are integrated into the new design.