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Regular users of Liverpool Street Station, here’s some essential news: the City of London travel hub will be hit by massive closures this month.
Network Rail has revealed plans for an entire month’s worth of major disruption at ’Pool Street, which will impact all routes and services to and from the station. The good-ish news is that the works won’t impact weekday commuters, as the disruption is scheduled for weekends.
In total, Liverpool Street’s mainline station will shut for five days, during which its concourse will also be closed. The closures will impact Elizabeth line, London Overground and National Rail services, including Greater Anglia and c2c.
Network Rail says the disruption will enable ‘vital maintenance, renewals and repairs’ to be undertaken – but what specifically is being done to Liverpool Street during the closures? Well, at the station itself engineers will improve roof drainage. Elsewhere, works will focus on stuff like track drainage and maintenance, as well as vegetation management and litter clearance along railway lines. There will also be works at a bunch of stations served by Liverpool Street trains, including Stratford.
London Liverpool Street station closures in March 2026
Disruption-wise, here are the weekends you need to watch out for at Liverpool Street this month.
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
Last year it was confirmed that ’Pool Street remains not just the busiest train station in London but the busiest in the entire UK. The City of London hub clocked a whopping 98 million entries and exits between April 2024 and March 2025.
How to avoid travel disruption at Liverpool Street in March 2026
The best way to get around the closures will be to avoid using the station entirely on the above dates. However, if you have no other choice, the following buses will run:
- On Sunday March 8, buses will replace trains between Liverpool Street and Ingatestone/Southend Victoria.
- On Saturday March 14 and Sunday March 15:
- Rail replacement buses will operate between Stratford and Romford, and between Newbury Park and Shenfield
- Buses will replace trains between Newbury Park and Ingatestone
- On Sunday March 15 before 9.50am, buses will replace trains between Seven Sisters and Enfield Town/Cheshunt and Hackney Downs and Chingford
- On Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22:
- Elizabeth line services will be replaced by buses between Stratford and Romford, and Newbury Park and Shenfield
- Overground (Weaver) services replaced by buses between Seven Sisters and Enfield Town/Cheshunt and Hackney Downs and Chingford
- On Saturday March 28 and Sunday March 29:
- Overground (Weaver) services replaced by buses between Seven Sisters and Enfield Town/Cheshunt and Hackney Downs and Chingford
Did you see that Elizabeth line services are being increased at three west London stations?
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