[2] Situated initially in a brick-lined cutting, the station was covered by two curving roofs and the platforms were accessed by stairs down from the ticket office, which stood on a bridge above the London end of the station.

Between November 1872 and January 1874 the station, acting as a temporary terminus, handled traffic off the Enfield and Walthamstow lines.

On 6 August 1889 there was an accident between Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street when a passenger service ran into the back of a stationary empty coaching stock train.

An inquiry was unable to determine the exact cause of the crash due to conflicting witness statements.

The arches on the south platform were decorated in 2012 with panels displaying the flags of nations competing in the London Olympic Games that summer.