Liverpool Street is to the east of London, by the City of London, a kind of eastern equivalent of Paddington.
If you are using Liverpool Street, you’re coming from East Anglia or Essex, so Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester (Britain’s oldest recorded city). However, as a traveller you have probably come from Stansted or Southend airports, or the towns of Harwich (Netherlands) or Felixstowe (though we think that’s not passengers), both busy ports, or even Tilbury.
It is the terminus of the Stansted Express, and you could also have come direct from Heathrow airport.
Literally right next to St Pancras. There’s an historic old bit and a nice modern bit. And it’s always busy.
If you are arriving here, you have probably come down the east coast, from Edinburgh, Newcastle, York (a big tourist city), Peterborough, Hull, Lincoln, Leeds… it’s a long list.
Underground
It’s exactly the same as St Pancras, with different entrances. There’s an entry just off the left of this picture above between the two mainline stations and going down some steps, and the new section takes you down using more escalators, right at the back on the left (below where the picture was taken). There are also some lengthy passage ways to trek.
(The worst thing about this part of the station is the mob of Harry Potter fans queuing up to stand by a wall).
Taxi
Same as St Pancras. The taxi rank is at the west side of the station.
Bus travel
The same principle as St Pancras.
Buses stop in front of the mainline station, heading east towards Islington, Stoke Newington, and at the east (right) side of the station (heading north). Many buses terminate here.
To head towards central London, you will need to cross the main road and it is tricky.
St Pancras International and King’s Cross are literally next to each other, separated by just a tricky main road, to the north of London but not so far from the centre.
St Pancras is a complicated station, or rather, a whole set of different stations. There’s an old bit at the front and a new bit at the back.
At the back in the new bit to the right (near Starbucks) up some hidden escalators is the section with Southeastern service to Kent, so Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate and so on, including ferries.
At the back on the left and down a bit is the Thameslink service covering Luton Airport, Gatwick Airport, Cambridge, Peterborough, Brighton, Croydon and more parts of Kent.
Further towards the front are some escalators (usually broken) up to the East Midlands service north to Nottingham, Sheffield and Luton Airport.
In the middle of the old part is a large glassed off section which is Eurostar, the termination point for trains from Lille, Paris, Brussels and other places on mainland Europe. It’s the place with the mobs of people and confusing queues. Basically it’s a mini airline terminal, for trains.
The next page highlights some ways to continue your journey. You will probably need to get to the front of the station, and this can be a long walk through mobs of people.
