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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

Liverpool Street station: Network Rail abandons controversial 21-storey skyscraper plan for smaller scheme

Controversial plans to erect a skyscraper standing 21 storeys high on top of Liverpool Street station have been dropped by Network Rail – which is now backing a smaller alternative scheme.

The new proposal still includes a tall building to help fund a capacity increases at what has become the busiest train station in the UK, due to the opening of the Elizabeth line.

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