The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. It is a deep-level line running 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.
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 was separated to become part of the Jubilee Line.
An extension on the southern end of the line to Camberwell was proposed in 1949 but withdrawn by 1951.
Geographically accurate path of the Bakerloo Line (Large)
Stations
Bakerloo Line depot at Elephant and Castle
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 Silverlink). These stations were and mostly still are jointly operated by the Underground and the mainline rail company.
