What Is The Origin Of The Name Given To The Bakerloo Line On The London Underground?
The Bakerloo Line on the London Underground originally opened in March 1906 by the name of the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, as it ran from Baker Street in the north, to Lambeth North in the south, which was only one stop beyond Waterloo Station. A newspaper called the Evening News, nicknamed the line the Bakerloo line, incorporating ‘Baker’ from Baker Street, with ‘Loo’ from Waterloo and the line was officially changed to become the Bakerloo Line in July 1906. The line had a series of extensions, up to Watford Junction, Harrow & Wealdstone and Stanmore in the north and down to Elephant and Castle in the south. The Stanmore extension of the line eventually became part of the new Jubilee line. The Watford Junction extension was taken over by the Metropolitan line. The Harrow & Wealdstone and Elephant & Castle extensions still exist. The Bakerloo line carries approximately 302,000 people on a weekday and around 95 million people per year.
