Bakerloo line Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Bakerloo line

A 1972 Stock Bakerloo Line train at Queen's Park
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) 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)

The Bakerloo line 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. It has 25 stations; 15 of these 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 and Waterloo. North of Queens Park, the line runs next to the West Coast Main Line.

Stations
Extension to Camberwell
Former Stations
- Watford Branch
  - Stanmore branch
Map
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Stations

Bakerloo line depot at London Road

The southbound Bakerloo line platform at Paddington

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

Station	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

Extension to Camberwell

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.

Former Stations

Watford Branch

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.

Station	Opened	Closed	Additional Information
Watford Junction	16 April 1917	16 September 1982
Watford High Street	16 April 1917	24 September 1982
Bushey & Oxhey	16 April 1917	24 September 1982	Renamed Bushey: 6 May 1974
Carpenders Park	5 April 1919	24 September 1982	Closed 16 November 1952. Re-opened on new site 17 November 1952
Pinner & Hatch End	16 April 1917	24 September 1982	Renamed Hatch End (for Pinner): 1 February 1920. Renamed Hatch End: 1956.
Headstone Lane	16 April 1917	24 September 1982

Stanmore branch

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.