Bakerloo Line
Date started: 12th April 2014
Date finished: 13th April 2014
Days walked: 2
Distance walked: 17.5 miles (28.0 km)
Line length: 14.5 miles (23.2 km)
Route efficiency: 82.9%
Stations: 25
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Starting the second line, we're hoping for another one-day finish. May not happen though, we're taking our time and there's some definite ambling rather than determined walking going on from time to time.
Nearly 100 years since Bakerloo line trains started calling here - the centenary is on 16th April 2017. Next, we'll have to go through Northwick Park, but it doesn't count (yet), being on the Metropolitan line. Later...
The end of the line - and it's still daylight! In the background, the Strata Tower (informally known as "the Razor") looms over the roundabout. Time for a drink.
Starting the second line, we're hoping for another one-day finish. May not happen though, we're taking our time and there's some definite ambling rather than determined walking going on from time to time.
Day 1 - 12th April 2014. Harrow & Wealdstone to Edgware Road (12.6m / 20.1km). Dinner at Al-Dar.
Day 2 - 13th April 2014. Edgware Road to Elephant & Castle (4.9m / 7.9km). Drinks in the Charlie Chaplin.
Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street
 Bakerloo line platformThese images, complete with deerstalker and Meerschaum pipe are instantly recognisable as Holmes, and appear on most of the deep level platforms. |
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 Bakerloo line platformHolmes is never described by Conan Doyle as wearing a deerstalker or as smoking any particular style of pipe. They were however part of the original Sidney Paget illustrations. |
 Holmes in redAt the bottom of stairs joining the Bakerloo and Jubilee platforms. Like the images on the Bakerloo platforms, this is a composite of smaller versions. |
 Charles Augustus MilvertonFirst published in 1904 and part of "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", the third short story collection. |
 Charles Augustus MilvertonThe text accompanying the picture. |
 The Solitary CyclistPublished in 1903, like Charles Augustus Milverton this forms part of "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". |
 The Solitary CyclistThe text accompanying the picture. |
 The Sign of FourThe second Holmes novel, first published in 1890. There is some debate over the correct form of the title - the earliest known manuscript is titled "The Sign of the Four" but does not appear to be in Conan Doyle's handwriting. |
 The Sign of FourThe text accompanying the picture. |
 The Red-Headed LeaguePublished in 1891 this is the second of the first collection of short stories, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". |
 The Red-Headed LeagueThe text accompanying the picture. |
 The Hound of the BaskervillesHaving apparently killed Holmes off in "The Final Problem", Conan Doyle was persuaded to write a new novel (set before the last short story) some eight years later. |
 The Hound of the BaskervillesThe text accompanying the picture. |
 The Lion's ManeOne of the last stories to be published, this is one of only two told from the point of view of Holmes himself. |
 The Lion's ManeThe text accompanying the picture. |
 Lower concourseThis seat and tiling is at the top of the escalators leading down to the Bakerloo and Jubilee line platforms. |
 Main entrance, Marylebone RoadThis bronze statue, measuring nearly 10ft (3m) high was sculpted by John Doubleday and unveiled in 1999. |
Baker Street station celebrates its connection to the world's best known fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who famously lived at 221B Baker Street, just opposite the western entrance.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty six short stories (traditionally arranged into five volumes) between 1887 and 1927. In 1893 Holmes apparently went over the Reichenbach Falls with his arch-enemy Moriarty, but Conan Doyle was persuaded to bring him back eight years later, eventually saying that he faked his own death to fool his enemies.
