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Architectural vision for London station is little more than smoke and mirrors

Dazzling computer-generated images of a newly revamped Liverpool Street do little to establish its merits or flaws

The Guardian - UK

New images released of 16-storey office and hotel block on top of Liverpool Street station

New images have been released of the 16-storey development being proposed to sit on top of a transformed Liverpool Street station.

Evening Standard

London Overground disruption after lorry wedged under bridge causes services to be suspended

A lorry damaged a bridge at Bruce Grove on Friday morning, causing all routes between London Liverpool Street and Enfield Town, Cheshunt and Chingford to be suspended

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Elizabeth Line strike: Commuters brace for more travel misery as first walkout on new line to go ahead

Central section of £20billion line to close on Thursday with reduced services on other parts

Evening Standard

Watch: RMT’s Mick Lynch slams government over minimal service level plan

Rail passengers are facing a fourth consecutive day of travel disruption on Friday as RMT union members launch a fresh 48-hour walkout. The strike at Network Rail and 14 train operators means only around 20% of normal services will run with trains starting later and finishing earlier. The walkout is…

Evening Standard

I’ve got PCPD* (*perpetual Christmas party dread)

Last night, wandering around Liverpool Street to various Christmas work events, an awful thought began to dampen my normally fizzy festive spirit until my mood was as flat as a five-day-old warm glass of prosecco. Am I enjoying all this, I thought to myself, trudging from party to party making…

Evening Standard

Tube disruption: Will TfL services run during the train strikes?

As the RMT launches the first in its next series of winter walk-outs, how is London’s transport network affected?

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Is there a Tube strike this week?

As the RMT launches the first in its next series of winter walk-outs, how is London’s transport network affected?

The Independent UK

Betjeman’s Liverpool Street campaign revived in face of new development

Conservationists hope spirit of late poet laureate’s 1970s protest will protect the Victorian station from ‘serious harm’

The Guardian - UK

Shard developer: our £1.5bn Liverpool Street scheme ‘will not harm historic station’

Developers seeking to build a 16-storey tower block on top of Liverpool Street station have insisted their plans will not harm the historic mainline station.

Evening Standard

Elizabeth line linkup from Sunday with direct trains to Heathrow

The first direct Elizabeth line trains between Canary Wharf, the Square Mile and Heathrow airport have started running. This will mean journeys between the capital’s two key business districts and London’s main airport will take just 40 to 50 minutes – and bring the West End within 30 minutes of…

Evening Standard

Actor leads backlash against Liverpool Street station scheme that could ‘harm views of St Paul’s Cathedral’

Heritage watchdog says 21-storey high tower block would “trample” over Victorian station

Evening Standard

Bishopsgate: Police still on the hunt for two suspects after horror stabbing

Two suspects still on the run after stabbing three people in front of horrified commuters

Evening Standard

Bishopsgate stabbing: Three victims knifed ‘trying to stop phone thieves on electric bikes’

Witnesses say things ‘escalated quickly’ in attack near Liverpool Street station in London

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Bishopsgate stabbing: Three people injured in broad daylight attack near train statiion

Attack involves suspected robbery, City of London police say

The Independent UK

Bishopsgate stabbing: Three people injured in broad daylight attack near Liverpool Street station

Three people have been stabbed in broad daylight in an attack near Liverpool Street station in east London.

Evening Standard

Battle over £1.5bn hotel and office plan for Liverpool Street station

Sellar, the developer of the Shard, wants to build a 16-storey tower block on top of the historic mainline station

Evening Standard

RIBA Stirling Prize 2022: Elephant and Castle housing flats shortlisted for top UK architecture prize

This year’s shortlist for the UK’s best new building includes a Hackney primary school and a net-zero office in Liverpool Street

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The Independent UK

Elizabeth line opening: Iconic London tube map redesigned to include purple line

Some were surprised to see the part-overground line on the iconic Underground map

Evening Standard

Elizabeth line: ‘Historic’ day for London as Crossrail finally set to open in huge boost to capital

The first westbound train is due to leave Abbey Wood station at 6.30am, followed three minutes later by an eastbound service from Paddington

Evening Standard

Magnificent Crossrail should be only the start of turbocharging London

A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Crossrail, travelling from Paddington to Liverpool Street through the new tunnel. What I saw left me in no doubt Londoners will be blown away. The project is an engineering marvel. Burrowing two huge tunnels from east…

Wales Online

McDonald's gigs help fast-food worker become celebrity with restaurant customers

Manager offered him a permanent slot at the London Liverpool Street branch, and now he regularly belts out his tunes from behind the counter

Evening Standard

Boxpark comes to the City with new Liverpool Street deal

Street food is coming to the City: hospitality group Boxpark has signed a deal to open a new 17,000 square foot location by Liverpool Street next year.

The Guardian - UK

A megalopolis of engineering: the verdict on London’s £18bn new Elizabeth line

Brexit, Covid, Ukraine… the world has changed dramatically since work began on the Crossrail project. With its opening imminent, our architecture critic takes a ride

Evening Standard

Elizabeth Line map: London Crossrail route, cost and the date the full service will open

Three sections of the Elizabeth line opened on May 24. Billions over budget and nearly four years behind schedule, here’s everything we know about London’s new transport link.

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