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Baker Street

Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened in 1863.

Baker Street station was opened by the MR on 10 January 1863 (these platforms are now served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines). On 13 April 1868, the MR opened the first section of Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway as a branch from its existing route. This line, serving the open-air platforms, was steadily extended to Willesden Green and northwards, finally reaching Aylesbury Town and Verney Junction (some 50 miles/80 km from Baker Street) in 1892.

Over the next few decades this section of the station was extensively rebuilt to provide four platforms. The current Metropolitan line layout largely dates from 1925, and the bulk of the surface buildings, designed by architect Charles Clark, also date from this period.

The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR, now the Bakerloo line) opened on 10 March 1906; Baker Street was the temporary northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Marylebone station on 27 March 1907.

The original station building stood on Baker Street and served the tube platforms with lifts, but these were supplemented with escalators in 1914, linking the Metropolitan line and the Bakerloo line platforms by a new concourse excavated under the Metropolitan line.

On 20 November 1939, following the construction of an additional southbound platform and connecting tube tunnels between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations, the Bakerloo line took over the Metropolitan line's stopping services between Finchley Road and Wembley Park and its Stanmore branch. The current Bakerloo ticket hall and escalators to the lower concourse were provided in conjunction with the new service.

The Jubilee line added an extra northbound platform and replaced the Bakerloo line service to Stanmore from its opening on 1 May 1979.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Abingdon House School:   Other independent special school which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 15. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Baker Street:   Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened in 1863.
Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Churchill Hotel:   The Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill is a five star hotel located on Portman Square.
Halcyon London International School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18.
Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Home House:   Home House is a Georgian town house at 20 Portman Square.
International Community School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 19. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Marylebone:   Marylebone - so good they named it once but pronounced it seven different ways.
Marylebone Children’s Centre Information Point:   This is a children’s centre.
Montagu House:   Montagu House at 22 Portman Square was a historic London house.
Royal Academy of Music:   Higher education institutions
St Mary’s Bryanston Square CofE School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
The St Marylebone CofE School:   Academy converter (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
The Sylvia Young Theatre School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 10 and 16.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Baker Street station, 1890:   This Bishopsgate Institute view of Baker Street station dates from 1890.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Albert Mansions, W1U · Allsop Place, NW1 · Baker Street, EN6 · Baker Street, NW1 · Baker Street, W1U · Balcombe Street, NW1 · Balcome Street, E9 · Barker Street, SW10 · Bell Street, NW1 · Bendall Mews, NW1 · Berkeley Court, NW1 · Berkeley Mews, W1H · Bickenhall Mansions, W1U · Bickenhall Street, W1U · Blandford Street, W1U · Boston Place, NW1 · Broadley Terrace, NW1 · Broadstone Place, W1U · Brown Street, W1H · Brunswick Mews, W1H · Bryanston Mews East, W1H · Bryanston Mews West, W1H · Bryanston Place, W1H · Bryanston Square, W1H · Cabbell Street, NW1 · Castlereagh Street, W1H · Chagford House, NW1 · Chagford Street, NW1 · Chalfont Court, NW1 · Chapel Street, NW1 · Chiltern Court, NW1 · Chiltern Street, W1U · Clarence Gate Gardens, NW1 · Clarewood Court, W1H · Clay Street, W1U · Clenston Mews, W1H · Cornwall Terrace Mews, NW1 · Cornwall Terrace, NW1 · Cosway Street, NW1 · Crawford Mews, W1H · Crawford Street, W1H · Crawford Street, W1U · Cumberland Mansions, W1H · Daventry Street, NW1 · David Mews, W1U · Dorset Square, NW1 · Dorset Street, W1U · Durweston Mews, W1U · Durweston Street, W1H · Enford Street, W1H · Farley Court, NW1 · Fitzhardinge House, W1H · Forset Street, W1H · George Street, W1H · George Street, W1U · George Street, W2 · George, W1U · Glentworth Street, NW1 · Gloucester Place, NW1 · Gloucester Place, W1H · Gloucester Place, W1U · Great Central Street, NW1 · Harcourt Street, W1H · Harewood Avenue, NW1 · Harewood Row, NW1 · Harrowby Street, W1H · Hayes Place, NW1 · Homer Row, W1H · Homer Street, W1H · Huntsworth Mews, NW1 · Ivor Place, NW1 · Kendall Place, W1U · Kenrick Place, W1U · Knox Street, W1H · Linhope Street, NW1 · Lisson Grove, NW1 · Lisson Street, NW1 · Lowstock Road, W1U · Luxborough Street, W1U · Luxborough Towers, W1U · Market Place, W1H · Marylebone Flyover, NW1 · Marylebone Road, NW1 · Marylebone Road, W1U · Melcombe Place, NW1 · Melcombe Street, NW1 · Molyneux Street, W1H · Montagu Mansions, W1U · Montagu Mews North, W1H · Montagu Place, W1H · Montagu Row, W1U · Montagu Square, W1H · Montagu Street, W1H · New Quebec Street, W1H · Nottingham Place, W1U · Nottingham Street, W1U · Nutford Place, W1H · Old Marylebone Road, NW1 · Oldbury Place, W1U · Paddington Street, W1U · Palgrave Gardens, NW1 · Park Steps, W2 · Park West Place, W2 · Porter Street, W1U · Portman Close, W1U · Portman Gate, NW1 · Portman Mansions, W1U · Portman Square, W1H · Portsea Place, W2 · Quebec Mews, W1H · Ranston Street, NW1 · Richmond House, NW1 · Rodmarton Street, W1U · Rossmore Road, NW1 · Salisbury Place, SW9 · Salisbury Place, W1H · Seymour Buildings, W1H · Seymour Leisure Centre, W1H · Seymour Place, W1H · Sherlock Mews, W1U · Shillibeer Place, W1H · Shouldham Street, W1H · Shroton Street, NW1 · Siddons Lane, NW1 · St Andrews Mansions, W1U · St Marks Church, NW1 · Stalbridge Street, NW1 · Station Approach, NW1 · Stourcliffe Street, W1H · The Arcade, NW1 · Thornton Place, W1H · Transept Street, NW1 · Upper Berkeley Street, W1H · Upper Montagu Street, W1H · Vincent Court, W1H · Wallace Court, NW1 · Walmer Place, W1H · Wyndham Mews, W1H · Wyndham Place, W1H · Wyndham Street, NW1 · Wyndham Street, W1H · Wyndham Yard, W1H · York Street, W1H · York Street, W1U · York Terrace West, NW1 ·