Liverpool Street Station - Notable Events

Notable Events

  • In April 1993, a Provisional IRA truck bomb in Bishopsgate, 200 m away, caused some damage to the station.
  • On 17 April 1997, director Roman Coppola filmed a music video for the British band Mansun's single Tax Loss using hidden cameras to capture members of the video production crew (the band did not appear in the video) throwing £25,000 in £5 notes (each with a white sticker with the word "Taxlo$$" in red) from the upper concourse onto commuters below. All this information is imparted in the finished music video which includes all the preparation for the stunt from the withdrawal of the cash through to the news reports after the event. The ensuing chaos as the crowd scrambled for the cash was intended to highlight human greed.
  • In 2000, London Underground staff reported a passenger standing on the Central line eastbound platform at 2 am on CCTV despite the station being closed. After thoroughly examining the area the passenger was nowhere to been seen.
  • During the 7 July 2005 London bombings, a bomb was exploded on a Circle line train killing seven people as the train left Liverpool Street towards Aldgate.

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