Work is underway to increase the number of ticket barriers at Liverpool Street station by more than 50 per cent to tackle “frustrating and inconvenient” delays suffered by train passengers.Network Rail is to add 21 additional automatic ticket gates, increasing their number from 36 to 57, with work due to be completed by “spring 2025”. There will be 48 standard width and nine wide ticket gates.
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00:00Work is underway to increase the number of ticket barriers at Liverpool Street Station by more than 50%
00:05to tackle frustrating and inconvenient delays suffered by train passengers.
00:10The station is now the busiest in the country with more than 80 million passengers a year.
00:14The number of passengers has grown significantly with many people using the Elizabeth Line and London Overground.
00:21But soaring popularity of the station also means that long queues are commonplace at the gate line on the main concourse.
00:27National Rail is set to add 21 additional automatic ticket gates, increasing their number from 36 to 57,
00:35with work due to be completed by Spring 2025.
00:39There will be 48 standard width and 9 wide ticket gates.
00:42Space for three new retail units will be created on Platform 10.