Inside major £1,200,000,000 plans to upgrade London Liverpool Street Station

A new concourse will be built over the station with cafes and shops, according to plans. (Picture: City of London)

London Liverpool Street, one of the capital’s busiest train stations, will undergo a major £1,200,000,000 upgrade.

The plans to revamp the station were approved in February by the City of London, and the application is now with London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and Communities Secretary Steve Reed for final approvals.

The controversial revamp involves building a mixed-use 97-metre (318ft) tower block over the concourse of Liverpool Street station, which Network Rail has said will make Square Mile – a nickname for the City of ...