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 Baker Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, England.
The street is served by the London Underground by Baker Street tube station; next to the station is Transport for London's lost property office.
In 1940 the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive moved to 64 Baker Street; they were often called "the Baker Street Irregulars" after Sherlock Holmes's gang of street urchins of the same name.
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 Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baker Street is a street in London, England.
Baker Island is an uninhabited atoll in the Pacific.
Baker is the code-name for a series of training exercises conducted by the United States Army and several Asian countries.
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 Baker Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Bakerloo Line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone, and on the Jubilee Line it is between Bond Street and St.
Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located on Baker Street.
The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is on five different lines.
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 Liverpool Street station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself.
The station was named after the street on which it stands, which in turn was named in honour of British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool, having been built as part of an extension of the City of London towards the end of his term in office.
The station was extensively modified between 1985 and 1992, including bringing all the platforms in the main shed up to the same end point and constructing a new underground booking office, but its facade, steam age iron pillars and the honour roll for Great Eastern Railway employees that died in the Great War were retained.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liverpool_Street_tube_station   (980 words)

  
 Knowledge King - Bethnal Green tube station
It lies between [[Liverpool Street tube stationLiverpool Street]] and Mile End stations, and was opened as part of the Central Line's eastern extension on December 4, 1946.
Bethnal Green tube station is a station on the Central Line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, London, England.
Before the station was opened it was used as an air-raid shelter; on March 3, 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.
www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/b/be/bethnal_green_tube_station.html   (426 words)

  
 Old Street station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The station was originally opened in November 1901 by the first deep-level tube railway, the City and South London Railway, as part of an extension of its line from Moorgate to Angel.
Old Street station is a London Underground and National Rail station located at the junction of Old Street and City Road just north of the City of London.
During the 1990s problems with acidity in the soil causing corrision of the cast iron tunnel lining required a section of the Northern Line tunnel south of Old Street to be re-lined with stainless steel tunnel segments.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Street_station   (348 words)

  
 Westminster tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines.
During the station's redevelopment, a vast 39m (127ft) deep void was excavated underneath the old station to house the escalators, lifts and stairs to the deep-level Jubilee Line platforms.
The station was by far the most complex in terms of engineering of any of those on the Jubilee line and it was the last to open, just before Christmas 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_tube_station   (391 words)

  
 Down Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Down Street station lies between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner on the Piccadilly Line.
Additionally, the neighbouring stations were being rebuilt with escalators in place of lifts, and their new entrances were nearer to Down Street, further squeezing its small catchment area.
After the station was closed it was immediately modified, with part of one platform tunnel becoming a junction providing access to a new siding between Down Street and Hyde Park Corner.
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 Green Park tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When the station was rebuilt in 1933 with escalator access to the platforms, a new sub-surface ticket hall was built to the west under the roadway and new station entrances were constructed on the corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street and on the south side of Piccadilly.
Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park itself, on Piccadilly close to its intersection with the pedestrian Queen's Walk.
The station lies between Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner on the Piccadilly Line, between Victoria and Oxford Circus on the Victoria Line and between Bond Street and Westminster on the Jubilee Line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Park_tube_station   (381 words)

  
 Warren Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warren Street tube station is a London Underground station.
The station opened as part of the Charing Cross, Euston and Highgate Railway on June 22, 1907 under the name " Euston Road ", and this name can still be seen in the Northern Line platform tiling.
One odd thing about the Victoria line at this station is that it operates right hand operation - just like the platforms at the adjacent Euston.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warren_Street_tube_station   (381 words)

  
 Station Information - Euston Road
Kings Cross station is at the eastern end of the road, The British Library is nearby and Euston railway station is a little further to the west.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/e/eu/euston_road.html   (144 words)

  
 Goodge Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goodge Street is one of the few tube stations to still rely on lifts rather than escalators to transport passengers to and from street level.
It was from Goodge Street station in 1944 that General Eisenhower broadcast the announcement of D-Day.
In addition, it is one of the few tube stations with lifts to use the original scheme of separate exit and entrance areas.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goodge_Street_tube_station   (305 words)

  
 Travelcard Zone 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East and Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant and Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo are in zone 1 but not in or on the Circle Line.
In calculating fares to or from stations on the boundary of two zones, the station is assumed to be in the zone which yields the cheaper fare.
The boundary of zone 1 roughly corresponds to the route of the Underground's Circle Line and thus stations within the zone cover the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London.
www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Travelcard_Zone_1   (305 words)

  
 COUNTERPOINT Viewing Studios
If driving south down Baker Street, take the first turning right before the Marylebone Road into Melcombe Street, with Abbey National on the corner.
Half-way down the street on the opposite side of the road is the curved entrance to Berkeley Court.
Baker Street is located in the heart of London& West End.
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 Aldgate tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The station is on the Circle Line between Tower Hill and Liverpool Street.
Of the tube stations affected by the 7 July 2005 London bombings, Aldgate was the first to be reopened, once police had handed back control of the site to London Underground following the extensive search for evidence.
Aldgate tube station is a London Underground station located at Aldgate in the City of London.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aldgate_tube_station   (422 words)

  
 Knowledge King - Bethnal Green tube station
It lies between [[Liverpool Street tube stationLiverpool Street]] and Mile End stations, and was opened as part of the Central Line's eastern extension on December 4, 1946.
Bethnal Green tube station is a station on the Central Line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, London, England.
Before the station was opened it was used as an air-raid shelter; on March 3, 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush while attempting to enter the shelter.
www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/b/be/bethnal_green_tube_station.html   (426 words)

  
 Warren Street tube station, Victoria Line, London 360º panorama
Warren Street is the midway point of the 1969 Victoria Line (Brixton extension 1971), which was the first new Tube line in central London since 1907.
Warren Street tube station, Victoria Line, London 360º panorama
The walls of the platforms and floor of the station feature a curious maze motif, designed by John Burrell in 1979.
www.urban75.org /vista/warren_st.html   (100 words)

  
 English Invader: London Bombings Rumor-mill
The bomb on the bus was meant for a tube train too, but the bomber was caught up in the evacuation of the station he was in, Edgware Road I believe, and got on the bus.
A black rucksack was seen being thrown into a tube carriage or a man left a black ruck sack in a carriage then moved on into another one.
Man detained in the Warren Street area by police which was caught on camera.
englishinvader.blogspot.com /2005/07/london-bombings-rumor-mill.html   (559 words)

  
 Travelcard Zone 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For instance Covent Garden and Leicester Square tube stations are only an eighth of a mile apart.
Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East and Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant and Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo are in Zone 1 but not in or on the Circle Line.
The boundary of Zone 1 roughly corresponds to the route of the Underground's Circle Line and thus stations within the zone cover the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Underground_Zone_1   (288 words)

  
 Euston Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King's Cross railway station is at the eastern end of the road, the British Library is nearby, and Euston station is a little further to the west.
The road also approximately marks the edge of Travelcard Zone 1 of Transport for London.
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Warren Street is one of those deep stations that requires 2 escalators to get down to the Victoria Line.
If I remember rightly the two pubs were just a stones throw from Warren Street tube station, which was handy as we could then jump on the tube, which would take Chris pretty much home and me within a bus ride of home.
The tube wasn't really an option as there was no station near to where I lived.
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 London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The packed streets of the City of London, the modern financial district and heart of the city in past centuries.
Several power stations were built to generate electricity in the centre of London, including the famous power stations at Bankside and Battersea (both now disused).
Until the 1970s, most of the national newspapers were concentrated in Fleet Street, but the 1980s, with the advent of computerised printing technologies saw most move away from the confines of Fleet Street to larger premises with automated printing works, notably to Wapping, near Tower Bridge.
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 WiltonGroup - Contact Us - London
Change at Baker Street and take the Jubilee Line to Bond Street tube station.
Alternatively Green Park tube station is equally close, which is served by the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria underground lines.
From Victoria Station and its Gatwick Express, you can access the Victoria Line to Green Park tube station.
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 Marble Arch tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The station is between Lancaster Gate and Bond Street stations on the Central Line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster.
It is at the western end of Oxford Street.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marble_Arch_tube_station   (1179 words)

  
 The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 221B Baker Street
Baker Street was very short, less than a mile long.
Baker Street was also located in the West End.
In 1930 some of the surrounding streets were renamed, buildings were renumbered and Baker Street became much longer.
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 Liverpool Street - Review - Liverpool Street – the transformed station
Liverpool Street station is well served by tube lines.
Liverpool Street is a transformed station which represents the confidence and affluence of the area in which it lies.
Liverpool Street is located to the east of the City of London and serves the major parts of East Anglia including Cambridge, Norwich and Ipswich.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /transport-national/liverpool-street/77365   (298 words)

  
 Shoreditch tube station zone 2 London Borough of Hackney East London Line Liverpool Street station London Underground London Borough of Tower Hamlets Shoreditch Whitechapel
When the East London Line extension is completed, the station will be closed and a new station to the west provisionally called Shoreditch High Street will be opened to replace it.
The station is in zone 2, and is the northern terminus of the East London Line.
Shoreditch is a London Underground station located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London.
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 King William Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The southern terminus of the CSLR was Stockwell tube station.
It was in the City of London, on King William Street, near the present Bank and Monument stations.
King William Street was a short-lived northern terminus on the City and South London Railway (CSLR), a predecessor to the Northern Line on the London Underground.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_William_Street_tube_station   (282 words)

  
 Baker Street tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located on Baker Street.
The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is on five different lines.
On the Bakerloo Line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone, and on the Jubilee Line it is between Bond Street and St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station   (276 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides Forums Messages
Old Street tube station is off your route (at the intersecetion of Old St and City Road) but is the main station for Shoreditch, and is in a slightly frightening subterranean area with a number of businesses in it.
If you come out of Liverpool Station and turn left on Shoreditch High Street (you will pass the Truman Brewery on the right) about a 10 minute walk past a petrol station, there are a couple of lanes on the left, which go under a rail under pass.
A mile or so west of Liverpool St station, at Barbican tube, Beech St runs off Aldersgate and buildings have been constructed over the road.
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