Liverpool Street is bringing "lighter and brighter" journeys to the public after its roof refurbishment project.
The final cracked glass panels were replaced while the station was closed over five weekend days in March.
Engineers had earlier finished replacing the discoloured, lichen-covered panels above platforms one to 10.
Thousands of old panels, taking up the space of eight Olympic-sized swimming pools, have been swapped out over the last year.
Mark Walker, Network Rail Anglia infrastructure director, said: “We completed a huge amount of work over these March weekends that we simply couldn’t have got done during regular overnight maintenance.
"We’re really sorry for the disruption to services, but these upgrades will help us to deliver a better, brighter and more robust railway for passengers travelling to and from Britain’s busiest station.”
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Much more natural light is already flooding into the station, with the full effect to be seen once scaffolding is taken out.
The new panels, along with drainage improvements across the roof, will help to keep reduce leaks onto the concourse and platforms.
Network Rail also delivered extensive upgrades out on track during the March closure weekends to boost reliability for Greater Anglia, Stansted Express, Elizabeth line and London Overground Weaver line passengers
The team also:
- improved track drainage at Liverpool Street and Harold Wood
- fixed overhead line faults at Liverpool Street and Shenfield
- made repairs to the underside of the road-over-rail bridge at Forest Gate station
- replaced worn-out track crossings at Stratford, Shenfield and Ingatestone
- replaced 1.5km of aging track at Ilford and Gidea Park
- dug out poor quality ballast and carried out overhead line maintenance at Cambridge Heath and Hackney Downs
- replaced old drainage pipes at Prittlewell, on the Southend Victoria line
- repacked ballast and improved track quality at various locations
The Liverpool Street roof refurbishment project will continue this year, with drainage improvements and scaffolding removal.
