Nice station for the City boys (Liverpool Street Station (London))

Member Name: ajaybee

Product:	Liverpool Street Station (London)
Date:	20/04/01 (283 review reads)
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Advantages: Clean and tidy, looks kinda futuristic

Disadvantages: Toilets

Located right in the heart of London's bustling financial district, Liverpool Street Station really should serve as something of a wake-up call to some of London's other mainline rail termini, it certainly puts Kings Cross/St.Pancras to shame (although Paddington is now much better, it seems to have been redeveloped to a similar model) The station always seems to have an air of calm about it, but at the same time a hustle and bustle in all the shops and in the waiting areas...I've never to experience it at 5pm on a Friday night though - that's probably a different matter altogether.

The good points:-
- Large, open station: means the atmosphere doesn't get too claustrophobic.
- Ridiculously clean.
- Good selection of shops, restaurants etc, from the usual station gang: Burger King, Costa etc. Bishopsgate complex close by for further shopping.
- Well signposted; easy access to Underground (unlike at St.Pancras, which involves numerous walks down urine-scented tunnels)

The bad points:-
- No litter bins! (to my knowledge, anyway!) I understand there's the whole terrorism issue to take into consideration, but surely even one litter bin with a CCTV camera monitoring it isn't too much trouble.
- Toilets too diificult to find. And why do all London rail stations take pleasure in charging 20p for the right to use toilet facilities?

Nice place generally though. Few people visit train stations by choice, but Liverpool Street certainly looks after its Commuter masses working in the City nicely.

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