Chapter 8 Route Window C7 Liverpool Street station Transport for London LIVERPOOL STREET STATION tunnels. 8 Route Window C7 Finsbury Circus worksite The Finsbury Circus worksite will be located on the bowling Liverpool Street station green and other parts of the gardens in the centre of the circus. It is to be used for station tunnel construction and there will be no permanent Crossrail presence at this site. On completion of the works the pavilion will be replaced and the bowling green and gardens reinstated. Liverpool Street worksite The Liverpool Street worksite will encompass the existing carriageway and footways of Liverpool Street, between Old Transport Broad Street and Blomfield Street, though access to all for London properties will be maintained. Blomfield Street worksite The Blomfield Street worksite involves the demolition of 11 and 12 Blomfield Street and incorporates part of Broad Street Avenue to allow construction of a ventilation shaft. 8.4 There will be two lorry holding areas: one on London Wall (eastbound), west of Moorgate and one on the northwest side of Finsbury Circus, along the inside kerb. 8.5 The maps provided at the end of this chapter present the main features of the route window, Introduction construction lorry routes assessed, existing facilities in the vicinity of Liverpool Street station transport links and temporary traffic management measures. 8.1 This route window lies within the City of London, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Islington. Crossrail’s twin bored tunnels will pass between Moorgate in the Baseline conditions west and Commercial Street in the east. East of the Barbican the alignment runs approximately parallel with and north of London Wall, before swinging northwards beyond Liverpool Street 8.6 This route window lies in Travelcard zone 1. Land uses are dominated by the financial and station. The permanent works will consist of twin bored running tunnels, and a new station at business services of the City. The vast commercial buildings of Broadgate predominate in the Liverpool Street. Moorgate and Liverpool Street Underground and main-line stations are located central part of the area while grand office buildings of Portland stone surround the formal within this route window. gardens at Finsbury Circus. Small retail uses line the streets on Moorgate, Moorfields, Liverpool Street and Bishopsgate, with offices above. Moorgate Underground station is located in the west 8.2 The main activities in this route window are associated with the construction of Liverpool Street and Liverpool Street station in the east. Crossrail station and associated ventilation shafts, at four separate worksites. 8.7 Moorgate station has a number of entrances spread across Moorfields and Moorgate. The western The Crossrail project will provide a new fully accessible station, providing easy interchange with most entrances on Moorfield are on a pedestrianised section of road allowing safe entrance and existing transport services, enhancing public transport capacity to Liverpool Street and Moorgate exit to the station. The entrance on the Finsbury Circus side of Moorgate is particularly congested stations and more generally into the City as a whole. There will be a new ticket hall situated next during the peak periods. to Moorgate Underground station and a high quality link to the existing LUL ticket hall at Liverpool Street. New and faster direct travel opportunities will be available from the west 8.8 The A10 Bishopsgate, to the east of the station, is part of the Transport for London Road (including Heathrow, Ealing, Slough and the West End) and from the east (including Docklands Network (TLRN). Access to the area is predominantly by rail and bus. and many parts of the Thames Gateway region). 8.9 Liverpool Street station is one of London’s major railway stations, being the terminus for trains 8.3 Works at Liverpool Street station will take about 4 years and 8 months. There will be four main to East Anglia and large parts of North-East London, Hertfordshire and Essex. Beneath the main worksites in this route window, with associated minor worksites. From west to east, they are: line station the Underground station is on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle and Central lines. Moorgate worksite The Moorgate work site will be situated on the site of 91 to 109 Moorgate and adjacent parts of Moorgate and Moorfields. 8.10 Many bus routes pass through the area or terminate at Liverpool Street bus station and the It will be used for the construction of the Liverpool Street existing stations and offices give rise to high pedestrian flows. Western ticket hall and associated shafts and interchange C7 page 3 ROUTE WINDOW C7 8.17 Liverpool Street station provides mobility impaired passenger access to the National Rail station. However, the Underground stations at both Liverpool Street and Moorgate generally have no step-free access to the platforms. There are disabled parking bays on Liverpool Street. Potential changes in baseline conditions 8.18 Planning permission has been granted for a large office development, known as the Heron Tower, on the site bounded by Bishopsgate, Camomile Street, Outwich Street and Houndsditch. The development will permanently close to traffic the section of Houndsditch between Bishopsgate and Outwich Street and, to compensate, adjustments will be made to the layout of the junction of Bishopsgate with Camomile Street and Wormwood Street. It will be essential for there to be careful programming of this development and the local Crossrail works to ensure that the local road network is not overloaded if construction of both projects overlaps. As no information was available for the timescale of this development it has not been included in the main baseline. The permanent works 8.19 The new station at Liverpool Street will consist of one new ticket hall at Moorgate and major additions to the existing Underground ticket hall at Liverpool Street, the former requiring the demolition of the existing building on site. A new ventilation and emergency escape shaft at Figure 8.1 Liverpool Street station Blomfield Street will also entail demolitions. 8.20 The Crossrail Bill does not provide powers for development to replace demolished buildings for 8.11 There are two taxi ranks at the station. The main facility is within the station between platforms the reasons described in Section 3.8 in Chapter 3 of the ES. However it is extremely unlikely that 10 and 11 and can accommodate between 10 and 15 ranked cabs at one time. Access is securely only a Crossrail operational structure will be constructed. restricted to licensed taxis. The system operates smoothly allowing vehicles to turn around before collecting passengers and returning on to Primrose Street. Liverpool Street Crossrail station 8.12 A secondary, but in practice at least as busy, taxi facility is provided on Liverpool Street. The 8.21 The new station will serve the City and provide interchange with LUL and National Rail services capacity is around 10 vehicles but due to the high turnover it is common for additional taxis to at Liverpool Street and Moorgate stations. The station will be located between Liverpool Street queue further west on Liverpool Street. and Moorgate, where a new ticket hall will be constructed. At Liverpool Street, Crossrail 8.13 On-street parking in the area directly surrounding the station is restricted. There are 17 metered passengers will use two banks of three escalators to reach the existing Central, Metropolitan and car bays and 40 motorcycle spaces directly adjacent to the entrance. The most significant Circle line ticket hall adjacent to the mainline concourse. resource of on-street parking in the area is in Finsbury Circus a few minutes walk from the station. This area has a large provision of metered car bays and free motorcycle spaces. Moorgate ticket hall Occupancy of the car bays is generally low, but the motorcycle parking areas are generally full, 8.22 The Liverpool Street station western ticket hall will be situated next to Moorgate and will despite having been recently significantly enlarged. connect to the existing Moorgate Underground station. The works involve the demolition of the 8.14 There are no independent off-street car parks near the station. All off-street parking is within, and existing building at 91–109 Moorgate (Amro Bank) and construction of the new ticket hall with for the sole use of, individual developments. escalators, lifts, emergency escape and other operational facilities. There will be two street level 8.15 There are adequate crossing facilities in the vicinity of Liverpool Street and Moorgate stations. entrances to the ticket hall – one on Moorgate and the other from the pedestrianised part of Moorfields. 8.16 The main cycle storage facilities at the mainline station are between platforms 10 and 11, with secure storage for about 60 cycles. Twelve secure but uncovered storage spaces are also provided 8.23 A bank of two escalators will descend from street level to the ticket hall where a bank of a further at the pedestrian entrance on Bishopsgate. The London Cycle Network route from the south three will connect with the Crossrail platforms. There will be links to London Underground includes London Wall, Wormwood Street and Houndsditch. Cyclists have been observed to use platforms at ticket hall and platform levels. Liverpool Street and Devonshire Row to approach the station. From north of the station, cyclists are recommended to use Spital Square and Primrose Street. C7 page 4 LIVERPOOL STREET STATION Blomfield Street shaft of the closure will be minimal and will be similar to the closure of the same road for the recent 8.24 At 11–12 Blomfield Street, a new 37 m deep shaft will be sunk to provide ventilation, escape and Moorhouse development.