Bakerloo Line

The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line which runs from the south-east to the north-west of London. Originally called the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, the contraction "Bakerloo" rapidly caught on, and the official name was changed.

Beyond its original terminus of Baker Street, the Bakerloo was extended via interchanges with the GWR at Paddington and the Great Central at Marylebone[?] to Queens Park[?], where it joined the "DC Lines" of the London and North Western Railway and ran alongside the LNWR's main line as far as Watford Junction[?]. Bakerloo services to Watford were cut back in the 1960s and eventually withdrawn in 1982. The current northern terminus is Harrow and Wealdstone[?], and trains still share the tracks with local services from Euston to Watford.

In 1939 a new stretch of tube was opened between Baker Street and Finchley Road[?] which allowed the Bakerloo to take over the Metropolitan Line's branch to Stanmore[?]. The Stanmore branch remained part of the Bakerloo until 1979, when it became part of the Jubilee Line.

An extension on the southern end of the line to Camberwell has been proposed for several decades; lack of funding for the London Underground still delays more concrete plans.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Stations 1.1 Stanmore branch 1.2 Watford Junction branch 2 External link

Stations

in order from north to south

Stanmore branch

• Stanmore, opened: December 10, 1932. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Canons Park (Edgware), opened: December 10, 1932. Renamed:(Canons Park): ?. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Queensbury, opened: December 16, 1934. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Kingsbury, opened: December 10, 1932. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Wembley Park, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Neasden, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Dollis Hill, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Willesden Green, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Kilburn & Brondesbury , First Served: November 20, 1939. Renamed:(Kilburn): September 25, 1950. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• West Hampstead, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Finchley Road, First Served: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• Swiss Cottage, opened: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.
• St John's Wood, opened: November 20, 1939. Last Served: April 30, 1979.

branch joins at Baker Street

Watford Junction branch

• Watford Junction, First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Watford High Street, First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Bushey & Oxhey, First Served: April 16, 1917. Renamed:(Bushey): May 6, 1974. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Carpenders Park, opened: April 5, 1919. Closed: November 16, 1952.
• Carpenders Park, opened: November 17, 1952. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Pinner & Hatch End, opened: April 16, 1917. Renamed:(Hatch End(for Pinner)): February 1, 1920. Renamed:(Hatch End): ?. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Headstone Lane, First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982.
• Terminus:Harrow and Wealdstone[?], First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
• Kenton[?], First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
• South Kenton[?], First Served: September 3, 1933. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
• North Wembley[?], First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
• Wembley Central for Sudbury, First Served: April 16, 1917. Renamed:(Wembley central[?]): September 5, 1948. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
• Stonebridge park[?], First Served: August 1, 1917.
• Harlesden[?], First Served: April 16, 1916.
• Willesden Junction[?], First Served: May 5, 1915.
• Kensal Green, opened: October 1, 1916.
• Queen's Park, opened: February 11, 1915.
• Kilburn Park, opened: January 31, 1915.
• Maida Vale, opened: June 6, 1915.
• Warwick Avenue, opened: January 31, 1915.
• Paddington, opened: December 1, 1913.
• Edgware Road, opened: June 15, 1907. Closed: June 24, 1990. Re-opened: January 28, 1992.
• Great Central, opened: March 27, 1907. Renamed:(Marylebone): April 15, 1917.

branch joins at Baker Street

• Baker Street, opened: March 10, 1906.
• Regent's Park, opened: March 10, 1906.
• Oxford Circus, opened: March 10, 1906.
• Piccadilly Circus, opened: March 10, 1906.
• Trafalgar Square, opened: March 10, 1906. Interchange opened/Renamed:(Charring Cross): May 1, 1979. Closed: November 9, 1996. Re-opened: July 14, 1997.
• Embankment, opened: March 10, 1906. Renamed:(Charing Cross(Embankment)): April 6, 1914. Renamed:(Charing Cross): May 9, 1915. Renamed:(Charing Cross Embankment): August 4, 1974. Renamed:(Embankment): September 12, 1976. Closed: November 9, 1996. Re-opened: July 14, 1997.
• Waterloo, opened: March 10, 1906.
• Kennington Road, opened: March 10, 1906. Renamed:(Westminster Bridge Road): August 5, 1906. Renamed:(Lambeth (North)): April 15, 1917. Renamed:(Lambeth North): ?. Closed: November 9, 1996. Re-opened: July 14, 1997.
• Terminus:Elephant and Castle, opened: August 5, 1906. Interchange opened: August 10, 1906. Closed: November 9, 1996. Re-opened: July 14, 1997.

External link

• http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/bakerloo.html