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Published On 17 Feb 202617 Feb 2026
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BRITAIN’S busiest station will be hit by a string of closures which will impact millions of passengers for the whole of next month.
Network Rail explained the closures will enable vital maintenance, renewals and repairs to be undertaken.
Rail bosses have revealed plans for an entire month’s worth of major disruption at Liverpool Street Station.
All routes and services to and from the station will be impacted by works throughout the month of March.
Liverpool Street’s mainline station along with its concourse will close for a total of five days but these will be spaced out throughout the month.
The closures will impact Elizabeth line, London Overground and National Rail services, including Greater Anglia and c2c.
However, the closures are planned for the weekends only and should not affect week day journeys.
On March 15th the whole station will be closed and London overground services will run from London Fields.
There will therefore be no access to the main concourse. but the Elizabeth line services will be running.
On March 21-22, the Elizabeth line services will again be running, but again there will be no access to the main concourse as the station will be closed.
There will be no Overground Weaver line trains on both of these days and on March 22 there will be no Elizabeth line trains.
The whole station including the concourse will be closed once more during March 28-29 and there will be no Overground Weaver line trains on both days.
Although the Elizabeth line trains will continue to run – there will be no access to the station on those dates.
Last year it was confirmed that Liverpool Street is the busiest train station in the UK.
March 15: whole station closure
* London Overground services will instead run from London Fields
* Elizabeth line services will be running, though no access to the main concourse
March 21-22: whole station closure
* On March 21 Elizabeth line services will be running, no access to the main concourse
* On March 22 no Elizabeth line trains
* No Overground Weaver line trains on both days
March 28-29: whole station closure
* Elizabeth line services will be running, no access to the main concourse
* No Overground Weaver line trains on both days
