Baker Street tube station
Bakerloo line, Circle line, Hammersmith & City line, Jubilee line and Metropolitan line · Zone 1 · City of Westminster
About Baker Street station
Baker Street’s oldest platforms, beneath Marylebone Road, opened to the public on Saturday 10 January 1863 as part of the Metropolitan Railway, the world’s first underground railway, dug by cut-and-cover. What stands here today is really three stations joined together. In April 1868 the Metropolitan & St John’s Wood Railway opened a single-track line to Swiss Cottage from new platforms at Baker Street East, the beginning of the route that grew into today’s Metropolitan line to Harrow and beyond. On 10 March 1906 the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opened deep below, with Baker Street as its temporary northern terminus until trains reached Marylebone on 27 March 1907. Escalators linking the deep and shallow platforms followed in 1914.
The deep station gained a branch of its own on 20 November 1939, when the Bakerloo took over the stopping trains to Stanmore, and on 1 May 1979 that branch passed to the new Jubilee line, first planned as the Fleet line. Bakerloo and Jubilee trains now stand side by side for cross-platform interchange. With ten platforms in all, Baker Street has more than any other Underground station. Its entrances are set into Chiltern Court, designed by the Metropolitan Railway’s architect Charles Walter Clark. In August 1973 two bombs were found here, one in the ticket hall and one on the overbridge; both were defused without injury.
First and last trains from Baker Street
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakerloo towards Elephant & Castle or Waterloo | 05:50 – 00:27 | 05:50 – 00:27 | 05:50 – 00:27 | 07:26 – 23:46 |
| Bakerloo towards Queen's Park, Harrow & Wealdstone or Stonebridge Park | 05:51 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:37 | 05:51 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:37 | 05:51 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 00:37 | 07:30 to Harrow & Wealdstone – 23:51 |
| Circle towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines) or Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:51 – 00:56 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:51 – 00:56 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:51 – 00:56 to Edgware Road (Circle line) | 07:28 – 00:38 |
| Circle towards Edgware Road (Circle line), Aldgate or King's Cross St Pancras | 04:57 to Aldgate – 00:46 to King's Cross St Pancras | 04:57 to Aldgate – 00:46 to King's Cross St Pancras | 04:57 to Aldgate – 00:46 to King's Cross St Pancras | 06:41 – 00:15 to Liverpool Street |
| Hammersmith & City towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines) | 05:38 – 00:46 | 05:38 – 00:46 | 05:38 – 00:46 | 07:06 – 00:24 |
| Hammersmith & City towards Barking or Plaistow | 05:20 – 00:40 | 05:20 – 00:40 | 05:20 – 00:40 | 07:09 – 00:19 |
| Jubilee towards Stanmore, Wembley Park or West Hampstead | 05:42 – 00:40 | 05:42 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:04 |
| Jubilee towards Stratford, North Greenwich or West Ham | 05:22 – 00:41 | 05:22 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:55 |
| Metropolitan towards Uxbridge, Watford or Amersham | 05:20 – 00:49 to Wembley Park | 05:20 – 00:49 to Wembley Park | 05:20 – 00:49 to Wembley Park | 06:58 – 00:20 |
| Metropolitan towards Aldgate | 05:51 – 23:46 | 05:51 – 23:46 | 05:51 – 23:46 | 07:16 – 23:36 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 19 Bakerloo trains an hour per direction, 7 Circle trains an hour per direction, 7 Hammersmith & City trains an hour per direction, 28 Jubilee trains an hour per direction and 24 Metropolitan trains an hour per direction from Baker Street, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Baker Street
Running times between Baker Street and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Bakerloo | Marylebone | 1.2 min |
| Bakerloo | Regent's Park | 1.7 min |
| Circle | Edgware Road (Circle line) | 3.4 min |
| Circle | Great Portland Street | 1.9 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Edgware Road (Circle line) | 3.1 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Great Portland Street | 1.7 min |
| Jubilee | Bond Street | 2.3 min |
| Jubilee | St John's Wood | 2.8 min |
| Metropolitan | Finchley Road | 6.3 min |
| Metropolitan | Great Portland Street | 2.8 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Bakerloo line, Circle line, Hammersmith & City line, Jubilee line and Metropolitan line.
Station facilities
What is near Baker Street station
For many visitors Baker Street means Sherlock Holmes: a statue of the detective stands outside the Marylebone Road entrance, 221B Baker Street is about 90 m away and the Sherlock Holmes Museum about 130 m. Madame Tussauds is roughly 160 m from the station and the London Beatles Store about 120 m. The station also serves Regent’s Park and Lord’s Cricket Ground, and students at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone campus (about 170 m), Regent’s University (330 m) and the Royal Academy of Music (370 m). Dorset Square lies about 270 m off and St Marylebone Parish Church about 330 m.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| 221B Baker Street | 90 m |
| Sherlock Holmes Museum | 130 m |
| Madame Tussauds | 160 m |
| Paddington Street Gardens North | 270 m |
| Dorset Square | 270 m |
| St. Marylebone Parish Church | 330 m |
| The Hellenic Centre | 330 m |
| Regent's University | 330 m |
Frequently asked questions
Baker Street, with ten. They come from three stations built at different times: the 1863 Metropolitan Railway platforms under Marylebone Road, the 1868 Baker Street East platforms now used by the Metropolitan line, and the deep-level tube platforms of 1906, today shared by the Bakerloo and Jubilee lines.
It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway, the world’s first underground railway, which opened to the public on 10 January 1863. The two platforms from that line, beneath Marylebone Road, are now used by Circle and Hammersmith & City trains.