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Bakerloo line
A 1972 Stock Bakerloo Line train at Queen's Park Station
Overview
Stations	25
Colour on map	Brown
Website	tfl.gov.uk
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	London Underground
Depot(s)	Stonebridge Park London Road Queen's Park
Rolling stock	1972 Tube Stock
Ridership	111,136,000 (2011/12)[1] passenger journeys
History
Opened	10 March 1906
Technical
Line length	23.2 km (14.4 mi)
Character	Deep level
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Transport for London rail lines London Underground Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City Other systems Crossrail DLR London Trams London Overground TfL Rail v t e

The Baker Street & Waterloo line, otherwise known as simply the Baker & Waterloo line or Bakerloo line (/ˌbeɪkərˈluː/), is a line of the London Underground. It is coloured brown on the Tube map. It runs partly on the surface and partly at deep level, from Elephant & Castle in south-east to Wealdstone in north-west of London. The lines serves 25 stations of which 15 are underground. The line is around 14.4 miles (23.2 km) long.

The line gets its name because it goes through the stations Baker Street tube station and Waterloo tube station. North of Queens Park, the line runs next to the West Coast Main Line.

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Legend km[2] Stations Watford DC Line 0.00 Harrow & Wealdstone 1.74 Kenton Metropolitan Line London to Aylesbury Line 3.14 South Kenton 4.04 North Wembley Chiltern Main Line 5.31 Wembley Central Stonebridge Park Depot (LUL) 7.02 Stonebridge Park North Circular Road 8.55 Harlesden Dudding Hill Line North London Line 9.60 Willesden Junction West & North London Lines 11.10 Kensal Green Track north of here owned by Network Rail Queen's Park North sheds (LUL) 12.42 Queen's Park Watford DC Line to Euston Queen's Park South sheds (LUL) 13.21 Kilburn Park 14.09 Maida Vale 14.88 Warwick Avenue 15.76 Paddington 16.48 Edgware Road 16.93 Marylebone 17.43 Baker Street 18.31 Regent's Park 19.18 Oxford Circus 20.15 Piccadilly Circus 20.70 Charing Cross 21.07 Embankment (Charing Cross) 21.78 Waterloo 22.41 Lambeth North London Road depot 23.23 Elephant & Castle Walworth(approved but not built) Camberwell(approved but not built)

Note: For the former Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line, see the Jubilee line article.

Station	Image	Opened	Additional Information
Harrow & Wealdstone		16 April 1917	Closed: 24 September 1982. Service restored: 4 June 1984 .
Kenton		16 April 1917	Closed: 24 September 1982. Service restored: 4 June 1984.
South Kenton		3 July 1933	Closed: 24 September 1982. Service restored: 4 June 1984.
North Wembley		16 April 1917	Closed: 24 September 1982. Service restored: 4 June 1984.
Wembley Central		16 April 1917	Opened as Wembley Central for Sudbury. Renamed: 5 July 1948. Closed: 24 September 1982. Service restored: 4 June 1984.
Stonebridge park		1 August 1917
Harlesden		16 April 1917
Willesden Junction		10 May 1915
Kensal Green		1 October 1916
Queen's Park		11 February 1915
Kilburn Park		31 January 1915
Maida Vale		6 June 1915
Warwick Avenue		31 January 1915
Paddington (Trains to Heathrow)		1 December 1913
Edgware Road		15 June 1907
Marylebone		27 March 1907	Opened as Great Central. Renamed, 15 April 1917
Baker Street		10 March 1906
Regent's Park		10 March 1906
Oxford Circus		10 March 1906
Piccadilly Circus		10 March 1906
Charing Cross		10 March 1906
Embankment		10 March 1906
Waterloo		10 March 1906
Lambeth North		10 March 1906	Opened as Kennington Road. Renamed Westminster Bridge Road: 5 August 1906, Renamed to Lambeth North: 15 April 1917
Elephant & Castle		5 August 1906

The extension to Camberwell was a plan to extend the Bakerloo Line. The project was to start at the late 1940s, but they cancelled it for an unknown reason. Then in the 21st century, they revised the extension plan and proposed it again. So far, nothing has been agreed. The 1940s version of the extension had two stations. One rumour of why they cancelled the project was because Camberwell was quite a bad location to do further extensions.

Between 1917 and 1982, Bakerloo line trains continued along the DC line past Harrow & Wealdstone to Watford Junction. These stations continue to be served by London Overground.

The Stanmore branch was originally constructed by the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan line) and was transferred to the Bakerloo line in 1939. It was transferred to the Jubilee line on 1 May 1979. It connected to the main line at Baker Street.

• Stanmore
• Canons Park
• Queensbury
• Kingsbury
• Wembley Park
• Neasden
• Dollis Hill
• Willesden Green
• Kilburn
• West Hampstead
• Finchley Road
• Swiss Cottage
• St. John's Wood

The TFL line diagram Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine is available online

1. ↑ "LU Performance Data Almanac 2011/12". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
2. ↑ "Inter Station Database". Transport for London. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2014.