Baker Street
Location
Place	Marylebone
Local authority	Westminster
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	10
National Rail
Station code	ZBS
Transport for London
Zone	1
Annual entry/exit	20.725 million †
History
1863 1868 1906 1907 1939 1979 1979	Opened (MR) Opened (MR platforms to north) Opened (BS&WR, as terminus) Extended (BS&WR, became through station) Started (Bakerloo Line to Stanmore) Ended (Bakerloo Line to Stanmore) Started (Jubilee Line)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located on Baker Street. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines. On the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines it is between Great Portland Street and Edgware Road. On the Metropolitan Line it is between Great Portland Street and Finchley Road. On the Bakerloo Line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone and on the Jubilee Line it is between Bond Street and St. John's Wood. Baker Street may mean: Baker Street, a street in London Baker Street (album), an album by Gerry Rafferty. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 874 KB) Metropolitan Line platforms 2 and 3 at Baker Street station on the London Underground. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... The City of Westminster is a borough of London, England with city status. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of extant mainline railway stations in Greater London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... 94 Baker Street, formerly the Apple Boutique. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... For other uses, see Circle Line (disambiguation). ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map, running between Hammersmith and Aldgate East, extending to Barking in the rush hours. ... Great Portland Street tube station Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regents Park. ... Edgware Road tube station is a name shared by two separate stations on the London Underground. ... London Transport Portal The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground, coloured maroon on the Tube map. ... Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens, just south of the O2 Shopping Centre. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Regents Park Regents Park tube station is a London Underground station by Regents Park. ... Marylebone tube station is a London Underground station at Marylebone. ... London Transport Portal The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground (the Tube), in England. ... Categories: Jubilee Line stations | Central Line stations | London Underground stubs | Crossrail ... St Johns Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St Johns Wood. ...

History

Main ticket hall

Baker Street station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway (MR) on 10 January 1863 as one of the original stations on the world's first underground railway - these platforms are now served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. On 13 April 1868 the adjacent open platforms, now serving the Metropolitan line, opened as part of a spur to Swiss Cottage station (a closed station different from the current Jubilee Line Swiss Cottage station) which was to be steadily extended to Harrow-on-the-Hill and beyond. Over the next few decades this section of the station saw much rebuilding to provide 4 platforms. The current Metropolitan line layout largely dates from 1925 and the bulk of the surface buildings, designed by the architect Charles Clark, also date from this period. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Metropolitan Railway (MetR) and the Metropolitan District Railway (District) were the first two underground railways to be constructed in London, starting in the 1860s, and the first of the worlds metro systems. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Swiss Cottage was opened as the terminus of its Metropolitan Line branch. ... Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. ... Categories: Metropolitan Line stations | London railway stations | British railway stations | London Underground stubs ...

The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR, now the Bakerloo Line) opened on 10 March 1906, with Baker Street as the initial northern terminus of the line before it was extended to Marylebone station on 27 March 1907. On 20 November 1939, the Bakerloo Line took over the Stanmore branch of the Metropolitan Line (including stopping services between Finchley Road and Wembley Park) following the construction of an additional southbound platform and connecting tube tunnels between Baker Street and Finchley Road. The Jubilee Line added an extra northbound platform and subsequently replaced the Bakerloo Line on the Stanmore branch from its opening on 1 May 1979. March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... London Transport Portal The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground, coloured maroon on the Tube map. ... Finchley Road tube station is a London Underground station at Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens, just south of the O2 Shopping Centre. ... Wembley Park tube station is a London Underground station in Wembley Park, Greater London. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

On 23 August 1973, a bomb was found in a carrier bag in the ticket hall. The bomb was defused by the bomb squad. On the 30th of that month, a member of staff found another bomb left on the overbridge. Again, it was defused without any injury. is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...

The station today

Unique tilework in this station, commemorates the fictional Sherlock Holmes' association with Baker Street

Of the MR's original stations, the sub-surface Circle and Hammersmith and City Line platforms are the best-preserved. Plaques along the platform show old plans and photographs of the station. Baker Street tube station tilework in London Underground Taken by Elf | Talk July 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Baker Street tube station tilework in London Underground Taken by Elf | Talk July 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

The station layout is rather complex. The sub-surface station is connected to the open-air Metropolitan Line station. This is a terminus for some Metropolitan Line trains, but there is also a connecting curve that joins to the Circle Line just beyond the platforms that allows Metropolitan line trains to run to Aldgate in the City.

Below this is a deep-level tube station for the Bakerloo and Jubilee Lines. These are arranged in a cross-platform interchange. With ten platforms overall, Baker Street has the most platforms of any Underground station on the network. A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. ...

Outside the Marylebone Road exits, a large statue of Sherlock Holmes commemorates the fictional detective's association with Baker Street. This statue was featured prominently as a landmark in the American television series The Amazing Race in 2005. Marylebone Road, London, looking west towards the junction with Baker Street Marylebone Road (IPA pronunciation: ) is an important thoroughfare in central London. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... This article is about the reality show format in general. ...

A restoration in the 1980s on the oldest portion of the Baker Street station, brought it back to something similar to its 1863 appearance.

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• Oldest Portion of Baker Street Station
  • As shown in 1863
  • As shown in 2004 (restoration)[2]

Previous station		London Underground		Next station
Marylebone towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Regent's Park towards Elephant & Castle
Edgware Road towards Victoria		Circle line		Great Portland Street towards King's Cross St. Pancras
Edgware Road towards Hammersmith		Hammersmith & City line		Great Portland Street towards Barking
Finchley Road towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chalfont & Latimer or Watford		Metropolitan line		Great Portland Street towards Aldgate
St. John's Wood towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		Bond Street towards Stratford