Bakerloo Line

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The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. It is a deep-level line running from the south-east to the north-west of London.

1 History
2 Trains
3 Map
4 Stations
- 4.1 Surface section
- 4.2 Tunnelled section
5 Stanmore branch
6 See also
7 External links

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History

Originally called the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway the line was constructed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited and opened in 1906. The contraction of the name to "Bakerloo" rapidly caught on, and the official name was changed to such. By 1913, the Bakerloo line had been extended from its original northern terminus at Baker Street to the west providing interchange stations with the Great Central Railway at Marylebone and the Great Western Railway at Paddington as well as a new station at Edgware Road. In 1915 the line was extended further to Queens Park, where it joined the "DC Lines" of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 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 Bakerloo services to Watford were cut back in the 1960s and eventually withdrawn in 1982 with Stonebridge Park serving as the new terminus. The current northern terminus is Harrow & Wealdstone, and trains still share the tracks with local Silverlink services from Euston to Watford.

In 1939 a new stretch of the Underground was opened between Baker Street and Finchley Road, allowing the Bakerloo to take over the branch of the Metropolitan Line to Stanmore. The Stanmore branch remained part of the Bakerloo until 1979, when it was separated to become part of the newly constructed Jubilee Line.

An extension to the southern end of the line to Camberwell was proposed in 1949 but has never been built.

The line celebrated its centenary on March 10 2006 when various events were organised on the line to publicise the event [1]. Over the next few years the northern section of the line may again see changes following the decision in February 2006 to transfer the Euston - Watford suburban services (the "DC" lines) from Silverlink Metro to Transport for London.

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Trains

All Bakerloo line trains are painted in the distinctive London Underground livery of Red, White and Blue and are the smaller size of the two sizes used on the network since trains travel on the line deep underground in small tunnels.

The interior of these trains has recently been 'deep cleaned' and the seating has also been replaced to a more appealing blue. The seating layouts are longitudinal and transverse with some carriges only having longitudinal seating.

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Map

Image:Bakerloo Line.svg

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Stations

Image:Bakerloo line depot at elephant.jpg in order from north to south

Note: Between Watford Junction and Queen's Park, the Bakerloo line used surface lines and stations belonging to the London and North Western Railway (subsequently British Rail and now Silverlink). These stations were and mostly still are jointly operated by the Underground and the mainline rail company.

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Surface section

Watford Junction – First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Watford High Street – First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24 – 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Bushey & Oxhey – First Served: April 16, 1917. Renamed Bushey: May 6, 1974. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Carpenders Park – First Served: April 5, 1919. Closed: November 16, 1952 and re-sited. Re-opened on new site November 17, 1952. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Pinner & Hatch End – First Served: April 16, 1917. Renamed Hatch End (for Pinner): February 1, 1920. Renamed Hatch End: 1956. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Headstone Lane – First Served: April 16, 1917. Last Served: September 24, 1982. Possibility for re-extension (see external links)
Current northern terminus: Harrow & Wealdstone Template:NYCS acc – First Served: April 16, 1917. Closed: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
Kenton – First Served: April 16, 1917. Closed: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
South Kenton – First Served: September 3, 1933. Closed: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
North Wembley – First Served: April 16, 1917. Closed: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
Wembley Central for Sudbury – First Served: April 16, 1917. Renamed:(Wembley Central): September 5, 1948. Closed: September 24, 1982. Re-Served: June 4, 1984.
Stonebridge park – First Served: August 1, 1917.
Harlesden – First Served: April 16, 1917.
Willesden Junction Template:NYCS acc – First Served: May 10, 1915
Kensal Green – First Served: October 1, 1916
Queen's Park – First Served: February 11, 1915