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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad//DTD HTML 2.0 + extensions for HoTMetaL Light 3.0 19960703//EN" > <html> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/bakerloo.html","20150402092749","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1427966869"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>CULG - Bakerloo Line</title></head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/20150402092749cs_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/culg.css" title="default"> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <h1><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/images/culg-s.gif" alt="Logo" align="ABSMIDDLE" width="76" height="66">Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides </h1> <blockquote> <p>"Willesden Junction! Heading down to Kensal Green.<br> Watford High Street! Damn, we've gone too far."</p> <p>- Orpheus in the Underground<br>John Hudson</p></blockquote> <h1><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/logo-bk.gif" alt="Logo" align="ABSMIDDLE" width="76" height="66">Bakerloo Line </h1> <h3>A Yerkes Tube </h3> <h4>[last modified 2014-12-30]</h4> <table> <tr> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#history"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.history.gif"><br>History</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#dates"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.dates.gif"><br>Dates</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#features"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.features.gif"><br>Features</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#services"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.services.gif"><br>Services</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#topology"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.topology.gif"><br>Topology</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#layout"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.layout.gif"><br>Layout</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#depots"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.depots.gif"><br>Depots</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#connections"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.connections.gif"><br>Connections</a> </td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER" width="11%"><a href="#rolling"><img alt="->" src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.rolling.gif"><br>Rolling stock</a> </td></tr></table> <h2><a name="history"></a>History </h2> <p>The route of the Bakerloo includes the oldest attempt at a tube railway: the Waterloo & Whitehall Railway was authorized in 1865 to construct a pneumatic railway (that is, one where trains are pushed though a tunnel by air pressure) from Great Scotland Yard to Waterloo station. The single cast iron tube, 3.89 m (12'9") in diameter, would have crossed the river by being laid in a ditch dredged in the bed of the Thames. Though work did start, a general financial crisis prevented additional capital being raised, and the work was abandoned in 1868, with the company being wound up in 1882. The trench excavated at the northern end is now the wine cellar of the National Liberal Club. </p> <p>Also in 1882, an electric railway - the Charing Cross & Waterloo Electric Railway Company - was proposed to run from Trafalgar Square to Waterloo station. It would generally have been a subsurface line, but would have crossed under the Thames in twin cast-iron tubes. Sufficient money could not be raised, and only about 20 m (60') of tunnel was built. </p> <p>The real Bakerloo Line was created as the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway, intended to connect those two points via Charing Cross, a route with heavy bus traffic. The company was acquired by the Yerkes group after construction halted for financial reasons. The abbreviation "Baker-loo" appeared in an <i>Evening News</i> headline<a href="#notenam"><sup>[1]</sup></a> and it was soon adopted officially (without the hyphen). The company used the telegraphic addresses OUTNOISE and UNDERSOIL. </p> <p>Extension in both directions - to Edgware Road and Elephant & Castle - was quick, but continuation to Paddington waited while the Underground and the GWR tried each to bluff the other into paying for it. Eventually the LNWR decided to construct local lines (known as the "New Lines") parallel to its main line between Euston and Watford Junction; steam service would run throughout, and the Bakerloo would use them from Queen's Park to Watford Junction, with a new tube to connect the former to Paddington. This section is discussed in more detail below.</p> <p>The Bakerloo and District lines were powered from the same source. It was found that on the Bakerloo, the outside power rail tended to leak to ground via the tunnel walls, while on the District the centre rail tended to leak to ground. Therefore the Bakerloo was operated with the polarity of the power rails reversed. In 1917, when the LNWR service over the local lines started, the two sections were insulated from each other and the Bakerloo converted to the normal arrangement. </p> <p>Both World Wars gave rise to concern about the possible effects of a direct bomb hit on the tube lines passing under the Thames. During World War I, steel frames were fitted in the Bakerloo Line tunnels at Embankment and Waterloo stations; these could be filled by hand with wooden baulks, a task taking nearly an hour. A request in 1916 for steel for powered floodgates was refused, so the next idea was to add an extra lining to the tunnels under the river. This too was rejected at the time, but after the war it was still considered worthwhile because it would also protect against other types of incidents. So in 1919 a lining of 1.27 cm (½") steel plate was installed along 165 m (540') of the southbound tunnel and 145 m (480') of the northbound; a thicker flat plate was installed beneath the tracks and the space below it filled with concrete, and the track was replaced by a lower design to gain the necessary clearance. This work would later prove not to be durable against water seepage, and by 1944 it had deteriorated so badly that it had to be removed and the track relaid.</p> <p>In 1938, when war appeared to be imminent, the Bakerloo Line tunnels under the Thames were plugged with concrete and the service terminated at Piccadilly Circus. During this closure preparations were made to allow floodgates to be installed at the northern end of Waterloo station and both ends of Embankment station (they were installed between September and December 1939). These floodgates are 33 cm (1'1") thick, weigh about 6 tons, and can resist about 800 tons. They can be closed electrically in 25 seconds, or if necessary by hand; special fitted plugs are then inserted in the gaps around the rails. Interlocks with the signalling prevent a train from being trapped under the river.</p> <p>In the 1930s powers were granted to extend south to Camberwell Green (location 325768). The only use made of these was to build new longer sidings beyond Elephant & Castle on the new alignment (the old sidings aimed eastwards towards the New Kent Road; the new ones extend under the Walworth Road). The plans were revived in the 1950s, this time with an intermediate station at Walworth Road (location 324781). Test sections of tunnel were dug, but the idea was abandoned because of the cost. A third attempt was made to revive them in the early 1970s, this time continuing to Peckham Rye NR station (location 342763) and a new depot site beyond, but once again the proposals were allowed to wither away.</p> <p>From 1939 to 1979 the Bakerloo operated a second branch to Stanmore; see the <a href="jubilee.html">Jubilee Line</a>.</p> <p><a name="notenam"></a><sup>[1]</sup> In 1933 an obituary in the <i>News Chronicle</i> attributed it to one Captain G.H.F.Nichols, who was a reporter on the <i>Evening News</i>, though not at the time the name first appeared.</p> <h3><a name="branches"></a>Watford, Croxley, and Rickmansworth</h3> <p>[The Croxley and Rickmansworth branches are only marginally within the remit of CULG, but I have chosen to give them the benefit of the doubt.]</p> <p>The LNWR Rickmansworth branch was a typical country branch line. Leaving the main line at Watford Junction, it ran mostly through open countryside to the edge of Rickmansworth; the one intermediate station was at the south end of Watford High Street. Opened in 1862 as the Watford & Rickmansworth Railway, it carried some local traffic as well as serving both interchange sidings for the Grand Union Canal and various private sidings along the way. It was not financially successful, and was taken over by the LNWR in 1881.</p> <p>As mentioned briefly above, in about 1907 the LNWR decided to construct new local lines, known as the "New Lines", to Watford Junction. In the original plan these would have started with a large loop tunnel under Euston surfacing in the Kensal Green area. From there they ran along the east side of the main line to north of Willesden, dived underneath, and emerged on the west side at Wembley Central. Then they continued parallel to the main line to Bushey, where they diverged west to meet the Rickmansworth branch just south of Watford High Street.</p> <p>Within a few years cost-cutting had resulting in changes to the plan. The Euston loop was gone, and instead junctions at Camden would allow trains to use either the main station at Euston or to follow the NLR to Broad Street. However, agreement had been reached with the Underground to extend the Bakerloo Line to Queen's Park, and some New Line trains would run on to the Bakerloo, resulting in a through service from Watford Junction to Elephant & Castle. At the same time a new branch would be opened to Croxley Green, and a triangular junction built so that both Croxley and Rickmansworth could have a direct service to London (though only Croxley ever did, and then not on to the Bakerloo). This is what was finally built. The New Lines were electrified from the start, but the two branches originally ran steam services, only being converted later.</p> <p>The LNWR and Underground built a single fleet of trains - the Watford Joint Stock - for all the electric services. This was painted in LNWR colours (chocolate to waist level and white above), making it easy for Bakerloo passengers to distinguish it from the purely Underground stock (red to waist level and cream above). In deference to main-line views, it was the only tube stock ever to be fitted with parcel racks. The stock was maintained at Croxley Depot, near Bushey. Most trains using this depot left and entered service at Watford Junction; however, until 1951 there were also services that terminated at Harrow & Wealdstone after the morning peak, ran empty to the depot via the southwest side of the triangle, then returned the same way in the afternoon to enter service at Bushey.</p> <p>In 1930 the Joint Stock was replaced on Bakerloo services by the Watford Replacement Stock, though it continued to be found on the branches for many years longer. The Replacement stock was in standard Underground colours, but from 1932 to 1937 it carried a blue stripe along the cream. By the latter date all stock used on the Bakerloo had been fitted with equipment (such as "weak field", which gives a higher top speed) to allow it to run on the New Lines and so there was no operational need to distinguish the two routes. Since train describers were not to be installed until after World War II, passengers were left with only the destination indicator on the front of the train to determine whether it ran beyond Queen's Park.</p> <p>In the 1960s the Bakerloo's Watford service was cut back in rapid steps until there were just a few peak-hour trains running north in the evening, stabling at Croxley overnight (or over the weekend), and then returning in the morning peak. This arrangement looked set to survive: the problems of running them were not <i>quite</i> enough to overrule the benefits of the depot space at Croxley. But the opening of the Jubilee Line meant that Neasden Depot would no longer be conveniently available to the Bakerloo, and so a new site was found at Stonebridge Park. As soon as this was fully operational the services north of there were ceased. However, it soon became clear that this had been overly pessimistic and that it would be worthwhile to resume the service as far as Harrow (it turned out that nearly all passengers from north of there were going to Euston). </p> <p> There are proposals to restore the service to Watford Junction. In the meantime, the entire line from Euston to Watford Junction operates as "route 2" of the London Overground network. </p> <p>The Rickmansworth branch closed to passenger traffic in 1952; now that nationalisation had brought them into common ownership, it duplicated the Metropolitan Line without good reason. But the Croxley branch continued to carry peak-hour services - both to London and Watford - for many years longer, and in the 1980s Watford Football Club's rapid promotion brought new traffic in the form of football specials to a new station by the stadium. However, by the 1990s the service had been reduced to a single train from Watford and back at 6 o'clock on weekday mornings. Finally, in 1996 the line was severed to make way for a new road and the service replaced by a bus or taxi. There are plans to reuse it for the Metropolitan Line; see the <a href="future.html">Future Plans</a> page for details.</p> <h2><a name="dates"></a>Dates </h2> <p>North of Queen's Park, the terms "opened", "closed" etc. are used as if the "New Lines" are a separate railway from the main line. Contrary to practice elsewhere on these pages, electrification symbols are used for the "New Lines".</p> <p><font size="-2"><a href="intro.html#datekey">key to symbols</a></font></p> <table> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1837-07-20</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone [as part of the opening of the London & Birmingham, later LNWR, main line]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1841-12-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Bushey </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1842-</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Wembley Central </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1844-</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Hatch End </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1858-05-05</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford Junction</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1862-10-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">1</td> <td valign="TOP">Watford Junction to Rickmansworth Church Street opened [Watford & Rickmansworth, later LNWR, steam service] </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1866-09-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Willesden Junction </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1879-06-02</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/openonother.gif" alt="%"></td> <td valign="TOP">Queen's Park </td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1906-03-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">6</td> <td valign="TOP">Baker Street to Lambeth North opened</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1906-08-05</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Lambeth North to Elephant & Castle opened </td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1907-03-27</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Marylebone to Baker Street opened </td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1907-06-15</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2) to Marylebone opened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1912-06-15</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">[1]</td> <td valign="TOP">Watford High Street to Croxley Green opened [LNWR steam service]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford West</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">[4]</td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Willesden Junction opened [LNWR "New Lines" steam service]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Kenton, North Wembley, Stonebridge Park, Harlesden</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1913-02-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">[2]</td> <td valign="TOP">Watford High Street to Harrow & Wealdstone opened [LNWR "New Lines" steam service]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Headstone Lane</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Bushey to [Croxley Junction] opened [LNWR "New Lines" steam service]</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1913-12-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Paddington to Edgware Road (2) opened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1914-04-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Carpenders Park</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1915-01-31</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">[1]</td> <td valign="TOP">Kilburn Park to Paddington opened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Warwick Avenue</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1915-02-11</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Queen's Park to Kilburn Park opened</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP">1915-05-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">1</td> <td valign="TOP">Willesden Junction to Queen's Park opened <img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash.gif" alt="*"></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1915-06-06</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Maida Vale</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1916-10-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Kensal Green</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1916-12-31</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Carpenders Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1917-01-09</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park (fire)</td></tr> <tr class="linewasst"> <td valign="TOP">1917-04-16</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash-plus.gif" alt="*"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford Junction to Harrow & Wealdstone started</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash-plus.gif" alt="*"></td> <td valign="TOP">Bushey and Watford High Street to [Watford West Junction] (for depot access)</td></tr> <tr class="linestart"> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash-plus.gif" alt="*"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Willesden Junction started</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1917-08-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1919-05-05</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Carpenders Park </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1922-10-30</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash-plus.gif" alt="*"></td> <td valign="TOP">[Watford West Junction] to Croxley Green [LMSR services]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1927-09-26</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/flash-plus.gif" alt="*"></td> <td valign="TOP">[Watford West Junction] to Rickmansworth Church Street [LMSR services]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1933-07-03</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">South Kenton</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1938-09-27</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle closed, tunnels plugged </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1938-10-08</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">4</td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1939-08-31</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Maida Vale, Oxford Circus<a href="#noteoxc"><sup>[2]</sup></a>, Embankment</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1939-11-20</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Oxford Circus</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stanmore branch added to the Bakerloo (see the <a href="jubilee.html">Jubilee Line</a> for further information)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1939-12-17</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Charing Cross</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1940-01-09</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Maida Vale</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1941-01-16</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Waterloo to Elephant & Castle closed (bomb damage at Lambeth North)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1941-04-</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">1</td> <td valign="TOP">Waterloo to Elephant & Castle reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1944-08-13</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle closed (repairs) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1944-08-25</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">4</td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1952-03-02</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford High Street to Rickmansworth Church Street closed </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1952-11-17</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-moved.gif" alt="="></td> <td valign="TOP">Carpenders Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1963-09-07</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">[Colne Junction] to [Croxley Junction] closed</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1963-11-18</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">[Colne Junction] to [Croxley Junction] reopened [BR services]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1966-06-04</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">[Colne Junction] to [Croxley Junction] closed</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1979-04-30</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stanmore branch transferred to the <a href="jubilee.html">Jubilee Line</a></td></tr> <tr class="lineclose"> <td valign="TOP">1982-09-24</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford Junction to Harrow & Wealdstone withdrawn [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Stonebridge Park withdrawn [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1984-06-04</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Stonebridge Park restored [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1984-</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford Stadium</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1990-06-24</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2) (lift replacement)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1992-01-28</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1996-03-22</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Watford High Street to Croxley Green closed</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1996-11-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle closed (tunnel strengthening)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1997-03-03</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus northbound closed (derailment)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1997-03-15</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">0</td> <td valign="TOP">Oxford Circus to Piccadilly Circus northbound reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1997-07-14</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">4</td> <td valign="TOP">Piccadilly Circus to Elephant & Castle reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1999-10-22</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Stonebridge Park withdrawn [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park closed (track replacement)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-ceased.gif" alt="-="></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park (building work)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1999-10-29</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park (building work)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1999-11-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to {Stonebridge Park} restored [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">3</td> <td valign="TOP">{Stonebridge Park} to Queen's Park reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">1999-11-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2000-02-12</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Baker Street (escalator repairs)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2000-02-15</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Baker Street</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2001-01-28</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2) (lift repairs)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2001-02-17</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2002-09-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Baker Street, northbound only (escalator repairs)<a href="#notebks"><sup>[3]</sup></a></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2002-11-22</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Waterloo to Elephant & Castle closed (<a href="vertical.html#firestrike">firefighters' strike</a>)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2), Regent's Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2002-11-30</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">1</td> <td valign="TOP">Waterloo to Elephant & Castle reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2), Regent's Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2003-02-03</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Baker Street, northbound only</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2004-10-22</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Stonebridge Park withdrawn [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park closed (various engineering works)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2004-11-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Harrow & Wealdstone to Stonebridge Park restored [LU]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP"></td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">3</td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2006-07-10</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Regent's Park (lift replacement)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2007-06-13</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Regent's Park</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2009-12-24</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"></td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park closed (various engineering works)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2010-01-04</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER">3</td> <td valign="TOP">Stonebridge Park to Queen's Park reopened</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2013-05-24</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2) (lift replacement)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2013-12-21</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Edgware Road (2)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2014-01-07</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-closed.gif" alt="-"></td> <td valign="TOP">Embankment (escalator replacement)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP">2014-11-01</td> <td valign="TOP" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/stn-opened.gif" alt="+"></td> <td valign="TOP">Embankment</td></tr> </table> <p><a name="noteoxc"></a><sup>[2]</sup> Oxford Circus street access was closed, but trains still stopped and interchange to the Central Line was still possible.</p> <p><a name="notebks"></a><sup>[3]</sup> The station reopened each weekend, but was closed on weekdays. From 2003-01-13 the station also opened at about 20:00 each weekday. From 2003-02-03 it also opened from 10:00 to 15:30. It reopened fully on 2003-05-02.</p>  <h2><a name="features"></a>Features </h2> <p>The line is in tube until just south of Queen's Park station, where it emerges between the two tracks of the main line's local, or "New", lines. North of the station, trains run through the depot shed and then on to National Rail track from there to Harrow & Wealdstone, turning back via a central siding north of the station. The line runs parallel to the West Coast Main Line from Queen's Park to Bushey and at Watford Junction; it starts on the east side of the main line, swings around the yards north of Willesden Junction, then dives under the main line between Stonebridge Park and Wembley Central. It then runs on the west side to Bushey, and swings out to the west through the central part of Watford. </p> <p>On the National Rail line, the fourth rail is active from Kilburn High Road (the station south of Queen's Park, where there is a crossover) to the Harrow & Wealdstone siding. Trains running between these points must be fitted with LU-compatible tripcock gear, and all signals have train stops. On approach to Queen's Park, the junction signal can only be cleared for the route to the Bakerloo platform if power is being drawn from the negative rail. Both this route and the one into Stonebridge Park depot can only be set if the train describer indicates an LU train. While there are no LU passenger services to Kilburn High Road, there are several LU empty stock workings there each day. </p> <h2><a name="services"></a>Services </h2> <p>At the south end, all trains run to Elephant & Castle (except that trains running to London Road depot may terminate at Waterloo). At the north end, typically 6tph terminate at Harrow & Wealdstone, 3tph at Stonebridge Park, and the remainder (between 6tph and 12tph) at Queen's Park.</p> <p>The minimum running time is 25 minutes from Elephant & Castle to Queen's Park or 46 minutes to Harrow & Wealdstone.</p> <h2><a name="topology"></a>Topology </h2> <table> <tr> <td><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/topo-bak.gif" alt="Diagram"></td> <td valign="BOTTOM"><a href="cbds.html#bak-topo"><font size="-2">CBD</font></a></td></tr></table> <h2><a name="layout"></a>Layout</h2> <p><font size="-2"><a href="intro.html#layout">key to notation</a></font></p> <p><i> Locations are listed down the page in the southbound direction for the main section and the westbound direction for the former Croxley and Rickmansworth branches. The two branches meet the main section facing in opposite directions.</i></p> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td>110973</td> <td width="15"></td> <td>74=08</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wjn.gif" alt="[T=TT=4T =6ns=ns=t =b]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zonew.gif" alt="[ZW]"></td> <td align="RIGHT" width="15"></td> <td>{Watford Junction}</td></tr> <tr> <td>113960</td> <td></td> <td>72=69</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_whs.gif" alt="[IP#]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Watford High Street}</td></tr> <tr> <td>111958</td> <td></td> <td>72=45</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_whj1.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone8.gif" alt="[Z8]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Watford High Street Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>113955</td> <td></td> <td>71=99</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_coj1.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Colne Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>118952</td> <td></td> <td>71=43</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_bus.gif" alt="[=NS=ns=ns=]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone8.gif" alt="[Z8]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Bushey}</td></tr> <tr> <td>119934</td> <td></td> <td>69=27</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_car.gif" alt="[N=S nsns]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone7.gif" alt="[Z7]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Carpenders Park}</td></tr> <tr> <td>130914</td> <td></td> <td>67=02</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop0.gif" alt="[=NS= nsns#]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone6.gif" alt="[Z6]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Hatch End}</td></tr> <tr> <td>139905</td> <td></td> <td>65=81</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop0.gif" alt="[=NS= nsns#]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone5.gif" alt="[Z5]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Headstone Lane}</td></tr> <tr> <td>154894</td> <td></td> <td>63.92</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_haw.gif" alt="[=NS=ns=ns=]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/lift.gif" alt="!"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone5.gif" alt="[Z5]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Harrow & Wealdstone</td></tr> <tr> <td>167883</td> <td></td> <td>62.18</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakopx6.gif" alt="[=NS= nsnsX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone4.gif" alt="[Z4]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Kenton</td></tr> <tr> <td>173870</td> <td></td> <td>60.76</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_ske.gif" alt="[N=S nsnsX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone4.gif" alt="[Z4]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>South Kenton</td></tr> <tr> <td>176862</td> <td></td> <td>59.86</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakopx6.gif" alt="[=NS= nsnsX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone4.gif" alt="[Z4]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>North Wembley</td></tr> <tr> <td>182851</td> <td></td> <td>58.64</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wem.gif" alt="[=NS=ns=ns=]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone4.gif" alt="[Z4]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Wembley Central</td></tr> <tr> <td>196842</td> <td></td> <td>56.93</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakopx.gif" alt="[OPX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone3.gif" alt="[Z3]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Stonebridge Park</td></tr> <tr> <td>209834</td> <td></td> <td>55.41</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakopx.gif" alt="[OPX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone3.gif" alt="[Z3]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Harlesden</td></tr> <tr> <td>219829</td> <td></td> <td>54.37</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wil.gif" alt="[N= T=SX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone23.gif" alt="[Z2/3]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Willesden Junction</td></tr> <tr> <td>233828</td> <td></td> <td>52.88</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakopx.gif" alt="[OPX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone2.gif" alt="[Z2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Kensal Green</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>51.86</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_qpjn.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Queen's Park Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>51.81</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_qpbd.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[boundary with NR]</td></tr> <tr> <td>245832</td> <td></td> <td>51.58</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_qpk.gif" alt="[ns =ns= n=NS=sX]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone2.gif" alt="[Z2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Queen's Park</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>51.28</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/baktmdc.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>tube mouth</td></tr> <tr> <td>253833</td> <td></td> <td>50.78</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp.gif" alt="[CP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone2.gif" alt="[Z2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Kilburn Park</td></tr> <tr> <td>259827</td> <td></td> <td>49.89</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp.gif" alt="[CP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone2.gif" alt="[Z2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Maida Vale</td></tr> <tr> <td>261820</td> <td></td> <td>49.11</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp.gif" alt="[CP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone2.gif" alt="[Z2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Warwick Avenue</td></tr> <tr> <td>265813</td> <td></td> <td>48.24</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_pad.gif" alt="[CP2]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Paddington</td></tr> <tr> <td>271817</td> <td></td> <td>47.51</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop.gif" alt="[OP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/lift.gif" alt="!"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Edgware Road (2)</td></tr> <tr> <td>274819</td> <td></td> <td>47.05</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop.gif" alt="[OP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Marylebone</td></tr> <tr> <td>280820</td> <td></td> <td>46!55</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_bak.gif" alt="[N9=-=10n/S8=-=7s]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Baker Street</td></tr> <tr> <td>287822</td> <td></td> <td>45.67</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_reg.gif" alt="[=N =S]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/lift.gif" alt="!"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Regent's Park</td></tr> <tr> <td>290812</td> <td></td> <td>44.80</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_oxc.gif" alt="[n6==4NS3==5s]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Oxford Circus</td></tr> <tr> <td>296806</td> <td></td> <td>43.83</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop.gif" alt="[OP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Piccadilly Circus</td></tr> <tr> <td>300804</td> <td></td> <td>43.28</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp_o.gif" alt="[CP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Charing Cross</td></tr> <tr> <td>303803</td> <td></td> <td>42.91</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakop4.gif" alt="[OP4]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Embankment</td></tr> <tr> <td>311799</td> <td></td> <td>42.44</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wat.gif" alt="[N3= S4=]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/escalator.gif" alt="%"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Waterloo</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>41.72</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_lrd.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[London Road depot access]</td></tr> <tr> <td>316795</td> <td></td> <td>41.57</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp.gif" alt="[CP]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/lift.gif" alt="!"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone1.gif" alt="[Z1]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Lambeth North</td></tr> <tr> <td>319791</td> <td></td> <td>40.74</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakcp2.gif" alt="[CP2]"></td> <td align="right"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/lift.gif" alt="!"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/zone12.gif" alt="[Z1/2]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>Elephant & Castle</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>40.44</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakbsdn1.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td>[end of northbound tube]</td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>40.38</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bakbsdn2.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td></td> <td>[end of southbound tube]</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" colspan="7"> <hr></td></tr> <tr> <td>118952</td> <td></td> <td>71=43</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_bus_b.gif" alt="[=sn=sn=SN=X]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>{Bushey}</td></tr> <tr> <td>113955</td> <td></td> <td>71=99</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_coj2.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Colne Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>109955</td> <td></td> <td>72=61</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxj1.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Croxley Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>108954</td> <td></td> <td>72=64</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxd.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Croxley depot access]</td></tr> <tr> <td>107953</td> <td></td> <td>72=67</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wwj1.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Watford West Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>103954</td> <td></td> <td>73=10</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/baksd.gif" alt="[B=]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>(Watford Stadium)</td></tr> <tr> <td>098956</td> <td></td> <td>73=60</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/baksu.gif" alt="[=B]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>(Watford West)</td></tr> <tr> <td>090958</td> <td></td> <td>74=6</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxe.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>[Present end of the line]</td></tr> <tr> <td>088958</td> <td></td> <td>74=74</td> <td valign="middle" align="center"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxg.gif" alt="[=V]"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"></td> <td>(Croxley Green)</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="TOP" colspan="7"> <hr></td></tr> <tr> <td>110973</td> <td></td> <td>70=34</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wjn.gif" alt="[T=TT=4T =6ns=ns=t =b]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>{Watford Junction}</td></tr> <tr> <td>113960</td> <td></td> <td>71=73</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_whs.gif" alt="[IP#]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>{Watford High Street}</td></tr> <tr> <td>111958</td> <td></td> <td>71=97</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_whj2.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>[Watford High Street Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>109955</td> <td></td> <td>72=61</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxj2.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>[Croxley Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>108954</td> <td></td> <td>72=64</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_cxd.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>[Croxley depot access]</td></tr> <tr> <td>107953</td> <td></td> <td>72=67</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_wwj2.gif" alt="[-]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>[Watford West Junction]</td></tr> <tr> <td>062941</td> <td></td> <td>77=60</td> <td valign="MIDDLE" align="CENTER"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/li/bak_rcs.gif" alt="[=VV]"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td align="RIGHT"></td> <td>(Rickmansworth Church Street)</td></tr></table> <ul> <li>Edgware Road (1) is on the <a href="circle.html">Circle Line</a>, <a href="district.html">District Line</a>, and <a href="hammersmith.html">Hammersmith & City Line</a>.</li></ul>  <h2><a name="depots"></a>Depots </h2> <p>The main depot is Stonebridge Park, on the east side of the line and reached from the south via a connection at the north end of the station (the boundary between LU and NR is at 57.12, and the depot extends to 57.99). There is a smaller depot at London Road, on the west side of the line, reached from the north via a single track connection; the depot is in the open air, with the tube mouth at 41.30 and the depot extending to 40.99. When services ran to Watford Junction trains were also stabled at Croxley Green depot, reached by running south from Watford High Street on to the Croxley Green branch and then reversing into the depot itself. During the period that the Stanmore branch was part of the Bakerloo, the main depot was that at Neasden.</p> <h2><a name="connections"></a>Connections </h2> <p>Southbound Jubilee trains can switch to the Bakerloo at the south end of Baker Street; northbound Bakerloo trains can switch to the Jubilee at the north end.</p> <h2><a name="rolling"></a>Rolling Stock </h2> <p>The line is operated by 1972 (mark II) Tube Stock. </p> <p>1959, 1967 (empty 4-car units fitted with tripcocks only), and 1972 (mark I) Tube Stock may run on the LU-owned section other than the crossover at Piccadilly Circus (where there is a known risk of derailment). Only 1972 Tube Stock may use Queens Park south shed because the current rail layout may cause other trains to be "gapped". </p> <p>No LU trains are permitted to run north of the reversing siding at Harrow & Wealdstone or south of the reversing points at Kilburn High Road (because of the lack of fourth rail), or to enter the bay platform at Willesden Junction. To prevent non-LU trains running on to the LU tracks at Queens Park, the signal towards the Bakerloo can only clear if a train is detected to be drawing current from the negative rail. </p> <p>1972 Tube Stock only operates in 7-car trains (made from a 3-car unit and a 4-car unit coupled together). 4-car units may run empty on their own (only one cab has door controls, radio, and passenger alarm), but 3-car units are restricted to depots (they only have one cab). </p> <hr> <p><a href="./"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/images/btn.gif" alt="Up"> Back to the CULG index.</a><a href="/web/20150402092749/http://www.davros.org/rail/"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/images/btn.up.gif" alt="Up"> Back to the Rail index.</a> <a href="/web/20150402092749/http://www.davros.org/"><img src="/web/20150402092749im_/http://www.davros.org/images/btn.home.gif" alt="CDWF"> Back to Clive's home page.</a> </p></body></html>