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The mainline station lies west of Bishops Gate (north/south) and north of Liverpool Street (east/west. Old Broad Street runs south from Liverpool Street, past two entrances to the Underground. The west portion of Liverpool Street is pedestrianised.
Old Broad Street finishes at Liverpool Street, the continuation (north) along the west side of the station is primarily used by buses.
The former Broad Street Station, lying west of Liverpool Street Mainline Station, has been replaced by a shopping and leisure development which lies beyond the scope of this survey.
The Underground station concourse lies south of the mainline station, within the same building.
There are five entrances to the Underground Station:
Go down ten steps, going south, into the Underground concourse. This is a wide entrance, with eight sets of steps separated by rails.
You enter a short passage leading southeast from the corner of Liverpool Street and Old Broad Street, leading towards the gates.
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You go up a slope into the arcade, going east. Follow the left-hand (north) side and turn left towards the gates. The left-hand gates are the ones you need.
Details of the arcade lie beyond the scope of this survey.
This entrance is open between 07:00 and 20:30, Monday to Friday.
You enter the passage immediately left (west) of platform 1, go down four steps, going north then turn right (east). Continue, down 12 then 12 steps, going east. As you continue, down the slope, you pass a help point on your left before you reach the north concourse. the steps are divided into two sections by a central rail.
This entrance is only open between 07:00 and 20:30, Monday to Friday.
You enter the passage leading north, between platforms 8 and 9 then go down five steps, going south. turn left (west), go down 16 steps going west, pass three billboards on your right, before going down 10 steps, going west and continue down the slope to the north concourse. The steps are divided into two sections by a central rail.
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For completeness, we'll include the entrances/exits to the mainline station. We report three of these, in addition to the bus stops described below:
From the top of the steps from the Underground concourse, turn left (west) to the steps then go up 16 steps, going west. From here you can either turn right (north) onto the high level walkway, or left (south). Turning left, go up 12 steps, going south to street level.
You’re now in a forecourt which lies north of Liverpool Street. MacDonald’s is to our left, whilst the monument to Jewish children is to our right. Continuing South, we go down five or six steps onto the pedestrianised section of Liverpool Street. There are actually two sets of these steps separated by an ornamental feature. The west set has six steps whilst the east has five. There are bike racks to your right (west) of these steps.
The taxi rank occupies the eastern section of Liverpool Street. The drop-off is on the far (south) side, whilst the pick-up is on the north.
The forecourt extends west to the continuation of Old Broad Street, which slopes up to the north such that the steps from the forecourt diminish as you move north.
There’s a higher level walkway with shops around a significant part of the station, details of which lie beyond the scope of this survey. There are four bus stops on the east side of Old Broad Street, each of which can be accessed from this walkway. See the local buses section for details.
This entrance is in the southeast corner of the station and is reached via escalators and steps from the Network Rail concourse. Turn right (east) from the top of the steps from the Underground concourse and continue, past the main ticket office and other features, to the east side of the station. There are two escalators with central stairs. The left-hand escalator is normally the one you need. If you use the stairs, you go up 15 then 15 steps, going east.
You exit onto a forecourt with various vendors, continue east, down two steps going east onto the west pavement of Bishops Gate.
You leave (east) from a point just south of the escalators.
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Go up 16 steps, going west to street level. You’re on the east side of Bishops Gate, opposite the forecourt outside the main entrance to the station.
The only significant crossing is that of Bishops Gate, from the forecourt, though we suggest you use the subway described above to cross this busy road.
Each bus stop has a gap in the station wall and a waiting area marked by rails. There are four bus stops, from the north:
There are three stops:
There are two stops:
The significant features relate to the Broadgate development, details of which lie beyond the scope of this survey.
LIVERPOOL STREET UNDERGROUND STATION
© 2008, Terry Robinson
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