Historic England says revised Liverpool Street station plans a ‘significant improvement’ over first scheme

By Tom Lowe2025-07-28T11:41:00

But Network Rail’s Acme-designed rethink of scrapped Herzog & de Meuron scheme has already amassed nearly 2,000 objections from members of public

Historic England has said Network Rail’s revised plans for the controversial redevelopment of Liverpool Street station are a “significant improvement” over the transport operator’s previous designs for the scheme.

The government’s heritage advisor has published its assessment of new proposals for the grade II-listed station designed by Acme which replace an earlier scheme designed by Herzog & de Meuron which Network Rail scrapped last year.

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