Liverpool Street Station

Liverpool Street is one of the main transit corridors of London, especially East London. You can get almost any tube from here as well as the National Rail to get you outside of London. More importantly, the Elizabeth Line gets you easily to/from Heathrow. It's quite busy, so people like myself can easily feel lost getting off the tube, much less coming off an overnight flight.

Once you orient yourself a bit, you'll realize where you need to enter/exit to get around town. The Tube is pretty easy in that regards, especially since Apple Pay can easily be used for travellers like myself. The Elizabeth line goes deep underground, so be prepared to walk a bit and take very high escalators to get up/down. However, the line was built to be pretty safe, clean, and airy.

The main waiting area is where you can catch National Rail and the shops, of which there are plenty. I was pleasantly surprised seeing people grab so many grab-and-go options from M&S, for example. But options are plenty. It's also quite airy due to the ceilings and open air concept.

Fortunately, I was staying at the Andaz, so this was super convenient. Also, I believe this place connects to the neighboring McDonalds, so you'll see people get their fast food kick too!

It's busy, but it's well-connected to the city. After flying into Stansted Airport, we took the Stansted Express into the city, stopping at Liverpool Street as the final destination. The station is connected to the Underground and comes with many restaurants and shops.

Great station with plenty of underground line access and a stop from the airport via the shiny and new Elizabeth line.

Plenty of food and essential shopping choices as well. I forgot to bring some items for the little one and needed to go to boots quite a few times.

Most importantly this station has some step free access. Though sometimes there are queues for the lift, they move quickly. Great when you're schlepping a pram or luggage

One of the larger stations it's old, but beautiful and worth at least a stop in.

It has overgrounds as well as services the National Rail - very suitable to almost everyone's travel needs. If you're traveling outside of London, tickets might be cheaper from here.

It's busy though so pay attention to the boards and make sure you know where you're trying to go. If you're having trouble, don't be afraid to ask, people are willing to help.

There are good number of shops and eateries if you have time to kill waiting for your train.

No matter where you are in the station, there's someone willing to
give directions, assist with tickets. International travel on rail can be intimidating and scary. Getting where you need to be is much easier when unsolicited help is offered. Two staff members saw me lost, struggling with luggage. They helped get me down the stairs and pointed me in the right direction.

Not to be confused with Liverpool Street Statham, which is when actor Jason used to work as a porter in this railway mainline station and in the Tube tunnels below.

This is a review of a very very busy train station in the East End of London which we used not too long ago to catch a train over to Suffolk from where we caught a boat over to Holland, actually on a couple of occasions.

It has pretty bad memories for me because of how difficult it was to get in and out of these stations in the East End of London, my partner had a bad hernia and all of this made it worse.

I think they could do a better job of providing access to it honestly.

Plus like my friend Aaron said, it's a little annoying when you're trying to get to Liverpool and the internet always thinks you need Liverpool Street London. Liverpool is a lot more significant than this train station. But the internet doesn't seem to know that.

And what do you call it when there's such a back-up on the Underground that all the trains are severely delayed?

Having your tube tied!

London Liverpool Street is a really busy station, being a northerner I've lost count of the times when booking journeys to Liverpool (a city in North West England), at the station actually coming up first, which shows how busy this station is, which is the third-largest station by passenger numbers in the UK, with 38% higher passenger numbers than fourth-placed London Bridge (Interestingly 9 of the top 10 of this list are based in London, with the red-herring being Birmingham New Street).

It has tube facilities and it is a pretty old-school train station, while not being as impressive as Kings Cross and St Pancras Stations which serve the East Coast mainline, I still do prefer this to Euston which I'm forced to travel into when coming into the capital from Manchester.

Obviously it's in a good location for central London with it being pretty easy to get around London from here via bus, tube or even walking. It is especially close to the Tower of London.

I do like the balcony overlooking the main station area, they seem to have made this nicer than other stations to have a similar style balcony including Manchester Piccadilly.

There are also a satisfactory amount of stores within the station for food and drink, which although might not compare to other stations around London, it remains pretty good.

3*

Make sure you mind that giant gap!

I guess all station's about the same, but Liverpool station in particular is quite big given its got overgrounds and national rail as well!

Make sure you read the signs! At least it is quite clearly marked and easy to navigate.

This place served as a starting point for most of what I did in London. It was conveniently located a half block from where I was staying and without the proximity to me, I probably wouldn't have ventured to as much as I had while in the city. It also served as my London city arrival point and departure point. It was my lifeline, look at me, I'm starting to get redundant.

When I first arrived at Liverpool Street Station I thought I was completely in the wrong location. I mean I hoped off the tube, followed the crowd like a lemming, and ended up in the atrium full of life. I was definitely a tourist in the big city at that moment because I was in awe of how beautiful it was, I just stopped where I was and became oblivious of everything and everyone around me. I was kind of like stuck in my own skin, mesmerized at my first glimpse of London. If this was any indication about how fast paced my days here were going to be, I was up for the task. I just started walking, no direction in mind, just started going. I ended up exiting the station at the wrong exit, but was grateful that I did, I got to explore a little more of the city while I did, suitcase in tow.

Everyday I was thrilled to be able to just jump on any number of trains and make my way where I needed to go. It seems like a novelty to me as I love a city that has an excellent public transportation system.

Towards the end of my stay I had acclimated to this station and felt as if I knew the ins and outs of using it. I felt disappointed when I had to leave the city, because this is technically where it all started. That last day there, I stood outside it and just stared at it. Light from the inside gleaming through the windows, making it look like the heart of the neighborhood I was staying in. Drawing people in even at that early morning hour. I wish I was standing outside it right now, destination unknown for the day, but raring to go.

I'm not entirely sure why I am reviewing this place because I only visited it twice - once to leave and once to go back in and catch the train onwards. Okay, it is the terminus for the Greater Anglia service, and the C2C service, but I actually haven't been that far north when it comes to England, only south (which may have something to do with my Australia nature drawing me towards the warmer climes). There wasn't too much that I can say about this place, particularly since the pub I visited, to mark Liverpool street off my list of Monopoly Board Pubs, was pretty ordinary. Also, there is also some major construction going on with regards to the Crossrail project.