Inside the £1,200,000,000 plans to redevelop London Liverpool Street Station
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A major revamp of London Liverpool Street station has been approved.
The controversial plans, which involves building a mixed-use 97-metre (318ft) tower block over the concourse of what is the UK’s busiest railway station, were waved through by the planning committee of the City of London on Tuesday.
The plans were overwhelmingly approved by 19 votes to three after a two-hour meeting yesterday.
The application will now go to London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and Communities Secretary Steve Reed for final approvals.
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The station has previously faced issues with overcrowding, causing difficulties for people with disabilities, luggage and small children and a ‘confusing’ layout for passengers, Network Rail said.
It added the changes are designed to ‘future-proof’ the station for 200,000,000 passengers in the decades ahead.
The upgrades that will be inside the station include:
- A large new concourse which will increase overall concourse capacity by 76%
- Eight new lifts for step-free Tube access
- Ten new escalators instead of the previous four
- Additional ticket barriers to reduce wait times
- Improve step-free access at the station and London Underground
- New toilets and family facilities on all station levels
- Improved signage
- More bicycle storage that is secure
- Variety of cafes, restaurants and shops
- New landmark entrances on Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and Exchange Square
The redevelopment proposal also includes a new five-star hotel operated by Hyatt as part of the Andaz Hotel – a Grade II listed building next to the station.
The office tower block will be ‘realigned to better reveal the Grade II listed Andaz Hotel.’
Source: METRO
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