Plans for £1billion redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station revealed

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00:00network rail have confirmed that revised plans to the redeveloped liverpool street station

00:08have been submitted to the city of london corporation network rail previously worked

00:15with the shard developers stella on a 1.5 billion pound scheme that proposed to partially demolish

00:21the victorian station and build a new multi-story tower now an original planning application was

00:28filed in may 2023 but fresh plans were unveiled last november after it received more than 2 000

00:35objections from the public westminster council and historic england network rail said the project

00:42aims to future-proof the station for more than 200 million passengers that use it each year the

00:49revised scheme features amendments including reducing the size of the office block above the station

00:55realigning the building to avoid interfering with the site of the great eastern hotel redesigning

01:02station entrances as well and landscaping and benches around the kinders transport statute

01:08now according to a local democracy report network rail has replaced the architect with acme and also

01:17dropped its development partner seller network rail said that out of almost 2 000 comments received in

01:24public consultation three quarters of those supported the proposal the top three priorities for there on

01:31the public with step free access new lifts and escalators and new toilet facilities as well

01:39although heritage groups including the victorian society have however retained their opposition to

01:46the updated plans is president comedian grief reese jones previously said that they cannot accept

01:51that this is the best way forward for the station robin dobson group property director for network

01:57rail property said the scheme is a truly accessible and inclusive space that can support the forecasted

02:03annual passenger rise to over 200 million people and deliver vital improvements to the everyday experience

02:10for passengers he added that investing in transport infrastructure is essential to unlocking

02:18future economic growth for london now in other transport news the silvertown tunnel has opened with uh this

02:27month with an aim to reduce congestion in the blackboard tunnel tfl has said it would reduce travel times

02:32by around 20 minutes drivers in london will now have to pay a toll before traveling through both tunnels

02:39uh during peak hours and a new project about art inspiring londoners has been launched by tfl as part of their

02:46art on the underground campaign celebrating 25 years of transport for london one successful londoner will

02:51have the chance to have their winning submission on display at strafford station