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Baker Street station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway on 10 January 1863 - these platforms are now served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. On 13 April 1868, the Met 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 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 (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.
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![]() ![]() Emma Seif Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT | Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply | |||
![]() ![]() Julian Added: 23 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT | Dennis Potter Author Dennis Potter lived in Collingwood House in the 1970’s Reply | |||
![]() ![]() Justin Russ Added: 15 Feb 2021 20:25 GMT | Binney Street, W1K Binney St was previously named Thomas Street before the 1950’s. Before the 1840’s (approx.) it was named Bird St both above and below Oxford St. Reply |
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![]() ![]() Watts Added: 17 May 2022 20:29 GMT | Baeethoven St School, also an Annex for Paddington College of FE. In the early 70’s I took a two year science course at Paddington CFE. The science classes were held on weekday evenings at Beethoven Street school, overseen by chemistry teacher, Mr Tattershall. Reply |
![]() ![]() Added: 25 Apr 2022 22:11 GMT | Southover, N12 Everyone knows Central Woodside is the place to be. Ever since kdog moved from finchtown, Woodside has been thriving. Reply |
![]() ![]() Bernard Miller Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT | My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply |
![]() ![]() Brian Lynch Added: 10 Apr 2022 13:38 GMT | Staples Mattress Factory An architect’s design of the Staples Mattress Factory An image found on the website of Dalzell’s Beds, in Armagh Northern Ireland. Reply |
![]() ![]() Added: 19 Feb 2022 16:21 GMT | Harmondsworth (1939 - 1965) I lived in a house (Lostwithiel) on the Bath Road opposite the junction with Tythe Barn Lane, now a hotel site. Initially, aircraft used one of the diagonal runways directly in line with our house. I attended Sipson Primary School opposite the Three Magpies and celebrated my 21st birthday at The Peggy Bedford in 1959. Reply |
![]() ![]() Emma Seif Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT | Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply |
![]() ![]() Added: 14 Jan 2022 03:06 GMT | Goldbourne Gardens W 10 I lived in Goldbourne Gardens in the 50,s very happy big bomb site Reply |
![]() ![]() Chris Nash Added: 10 Jan 2022 22:54 GMT | Shortlands Close, DA17 Shortlands Close and the flats along it were constructed in the mid-1990s. Prior to this, the area was occupied by semi-detached houses with large gardens, which dated from the post-war period and were built on the site of Railway Farm. The farm and its buildings spanned the length of Abbey Road, on the south side of the North Kent Line railway tracks. Reply |
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