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Bakerloo line

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Also known as Baker Street & Waterloo Line

London Underground line

Key facts

Termini
Elephant & Castle Harrow & Wealdstone
Colour on map
Brown
Website
tfl .gov .uk /tube /route /bakerloo /
Type
Rapid transit
System
London Underground
Depot s
Stonebridge Park London Road Queen's Park
Rolling stock
1972 Stock
Ridership
125.662 million (2019) passenger journeys
Opened
10 March 1906 ; 120 years ago ( 1906-03-10 )
Line length
23.2 km (14.4 mi)
Character
Deep level
Track gauge
1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Located in
London
Continent
Europe
Operator
TfL
Image
Oxford Circus Bakerloo Line northbound.jpg
Length
23.2
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transport network
London Underground
Commons category
Bakerloo Line
topic's main category
Category:Bakerloo Line
date of official opening
1906-03-10
sRGB color hex triplet
894E25
route diagram template
Template:Bakerloo line RDT
vehicle normally used
London Underground 1959 Stock
historic county
Middlesex
route number
Bakerloo
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Encyclopedic overview

The Bakerloo line (/ˌbeɪkərˈluː/) is a London Underground line which runs between Harrow & Wealdstone in suburban north-west London and Elephant & Castle in south London, via the West End. Printed in brown on the Tube map, it serves 25 stations, 15 of which are underground, over 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi). It runs partly on the surface and partly through deep-level tube tunnels.

The line's name is a portmanteau of its original name, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway. From Queen's Park to Harrow & Wealdstone (the section above ground), the line shares tracks with the London Overground Lioness line and runs parallel to the West Coast Main Line. There is, however, a short tunnel at the western end of Kensal Green.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakerloo line” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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