London is full of history, of which Sherlock Holmes' connection to Baker Street is one. Then there's the song "Baker Street" that was written and performed by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. I was recently in and out of the Baker Street station as it was the nearest tube location to the Monocle Magazine store that I was seeking to visit. This is a busy place as many Tube lines cross here (Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Metropolitan) and there was a lot going on outside. At the same time, this intrepid traveler found it pretty easy to navigate it all, while keeping in mind that traffic and pedestrian directions are different here. read more

This happens to be a pretty major interchange station, and it is also one of the older stations, especially the platform that happens to be on the circle line. In fact, once you step into this platform you suddenly realise that little has changed since it was first built, and you can almost see the old steam trains making their way through here. Oh, as you can probably work out from the name, this station also happens to be near the house of a certain famous detective. read more

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Huge station. You can access almost any part of London from here, as it connects so many lines: - Metropolitan line - Bakerloo - Hammersmith & City - Circle - Jubilee There are a few places to eat or buy something to drink inside the station once you've tapped in. There's a Starbucks and a small shop which sells pastries, sandwiches, drinks and snacks on Platform 1 & 2. There is also a Wenzel's at the top level in the entry area between all platforms. The station is generally clean and the platform attendants are hilarious, telling jokes over the speaker, which makes the commute and waiting time way more enjoyable. I only wish they had more benches to sit and rubbish bins. read more

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Baker Street is the world's first Underground Station it opened in 1863 and serves central London, in Fare Zone 1 serving the Bakerloo, Circle and Hammersmith and City, Jubilee and Metropolitan Lines. The station does not have step-free access, and I also would not advise using this station with luggage due to the number of unavoidable steps and escalators when using the platform. This is one of my favourite stations on the network in terms of the look and feel of the station, it has the old Underground feel to it, that can't be felt at the newer stations across the network. The exposed brick on the platforms is stunning. The only thing I miss from the newer stations is the platform doors. The station does have reasonable facilities, there is a Co-Op as you go into a Station and a Starbucks kiosk by the Metropolitan Line. 4* - A historic station that has a spark to it that few other stations on the network do, major inaccessibility and could do with some refurbishment in parts and the regular shoddy TFL service means it is far from perfect. read more

The world's first Underground railway station, Baker Street is where it all began. And for many, it's where many journeys are simply a transfer. Baker street is a major hub on the Underground, servicing the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan and Bakerloo lines. As they are of course on different levels, there are a number of escalators and staircases to move up and down. As stations go, it's better than most. It is probably one of the most tourist-popular stations on the Underground, as it's the stop for Madame Tussaud's as well as the nearby Sherlock Holmes Museum. There are many services in the station as well as just above, which has a stop for the tourist bus tours. read more

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Love it. You can actually feel the tradition that this station formed over decades. Even the small benches to wait for the next train make it fun to sit on, or take a photo of. Nice experience. Everytime again read more

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Baker Street is immortalised is so many ways: as the home of Sherlock Holmes, in Gerry Rafferty's iconic 1970's song (that Sax solo!), and as the home of Madam Tussaud's waxworks. The station is also iconic in its own way, however: the Hammersmith & City and Circle line platforms comprise the world's oldest underground station, opened in 1863 as part of the original Paddington to Farringdon Metropolitan Line. Originally partly lit by natural daylight, the shafts have long since been closed, but the platforms still have a wonderfuly Victorian feel to them. Shortly after this line was built, a branch to St John's Wood was added, which became the basis of the Metropolitan's network across North West London and out to Amersham. To help develop its traffic, the enterprising Metropolitan encouraged developers to build housing along the line, and the resulting 'Metro-land' of semi-detached houses with generous gardens set the trend for British suburbs for decades. The Bakerloo line was built as a proper, deep-level 'tube' in 1906 between Baker Street and Lambeth North. In 1939, a branch of this line to Finchley (and later, Stanmore) was opened, which later formed the basis of the new Jubilee line when a new tunnel to Charing Cross opened in 1979, extended to Stratford in 1999, providing Baker Street with the services we see to-day. The sub-surface station as we see it now is, apart from the original 1863 platforms, the result of a substantial rebuilding in 1913 to designs by the architect C W Clark. This provided for two terminating platforms for long-distance Metropolitan trains, as well as two through platforms from which trains join the Hammersmith & City tracks to get to the City at Aldgate. The Metropolitan saw, early on, the potential of the space above its stations, and Clark built the handsome neo-classical block of flats, now known at Chiltern Court, also in 1913. In the main concourse, one can still see the huge beams needed to support the weight of the flats above. The modern station has been refurbished several times, and is in reasonably good condition. Unusually, as well as the familiar shops, it has public toilets. One of the larger stations on the Underground network, its piecemeal growth above a junction has resulted in a complex, and often confusing layout, with lots of staircases and passages. Those leading to the Bakerloo and Jubilee lines have quaint profiles of Sherlock Holmes himself, complete with pipe, as the decorative theme. read more

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Baker Street is one of the key Tube stations in London, standing at the confluence of various underground and overground Tube lines. It also has a noble history, being the first underground system station to be opened in the world. The maze of lines and interconnecting stairs and escalators spread out over 3 levels and like most of the London Underground, the station is quaint rather than gleamingly modern. The sillhouettes of a pipe-smoking figure on the walls give a clue to the station's other claim to fame - a literary connection to Conan Doyle's fictional legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. The station is also well located for Madame Tussauds and Regent's Park, hence its popularity with tourists. read more

Baker Street Station is a labyrinth! Yes, like the '80s film with gremlins, and David Bowie dancing around with a sock stuffed down his tights... only without David Bowie. The gremlins are there though, disguised as commuters and tourists. I don't know, it's just I've been using this station for a couple of months now and I still have no idea which exit I'll come out of as I ascend the stairs. It's a lottery. Sometimes I'm on a completely different side of the road to where I thought I'd be - it doesn't help that my train seems to pull into a different platform every time! Other than that it's a great station - I love the Sherlock Holmes, pipe-smoking heads on the tiles that decorate the walls, I love the fact that Cards Galore is tucked in there (you never know when you might need an emergency card!) and I love the smell from the kiosk outside that sells waffles (as soon as my summer diet is over I'm hitting that kiosk hard!) All in all it gets a thumbs up, but if you see me wandering around the area looking a little bewildered don't worry, it's just I've come up yet another random exit and am trying to find my bearings. read more

I live just crossed the road... It is a nice station and quite tidy despite of the great ammount of people. It has got automatic stairs both to get down to the train than to go outside. It is quite warm (i see that in london the underground is always hot/warm). There are some shops such as Boots, Marks and spencer and Yosushi... It is far one minute from madame tassaud (i still don't know how to spell it) and two minutes from Sherlock Holmes' museum (that is lovely but i will write a review for it) Anyway i don't know what else to say about this station a part from the lines that leave from here: Bakerloo, Jubilee, Circle and the purple one that i don't remember the name (can be metro) It means that from this station you can go everywhere in London! Enjoy! read more

Baker Station has become my everyday tube station. I'm a fan, yeah. It's really crowded but everything seems really organized. You have Bakerloo, Hammersmith and City and Jubilee line as well as some National Rail services. I like the fact that it is a place with a lot of history, full of Sherlock Holmes references everywhere. It is a really pretty station, with tourist everywhere, trying to find the 'Sherlock Holmes' house or the 'Madame Tussauds' museum. You can also find a couple of pubs outside the station and plenty of options if you need to grab something quickly for breakfast/lunch inside the station. read more

Looking for Paddington Green I got off to Paddington Ln which was a total mistake. However I discovered I was in Marylebone and in a key intersection of many of the tube lines. Statue of Sherlock? Oh yeah Baker street! read more

If you're in London and heading north/west then it's hard to avoid Baker Street. It seems like every line goes through here and a lot of them do, the overground tube lines (like metropolitan - purple one) and the newer underground (jubilee -silver line) lines meet here. As a sidenote, I wonder if there will be another line for the Queen's 60th jubilee? The jubilee line was related to the Queen. So for 60 years? A new diamond line? This station also has plenty in the nearby vicinity like the Sherlock Holmes museum (perfect timing with the 2nd movie and all!) and more well known attractions such as Madame Tussauds and the Planetarium. read more

Ah Baker Street Station. It's like the architecture thought they would base a station on what Sherlock would find fun. It's a little (to put it mildly) confusing. There are so many exits and entrances. There is also an unmarked passage way under Marylebone Road if you can find it. There are 4 platforms for the metropolitan line so you have to make sure you are on the right one for the right train. The Bakerloo and Jubilee Lines are split so the Northern lines are together and the Southern lines are together. And then there's the platforms for the Hammersmith & City lines as well as the Circle & District Lines . Have fun trying to work out where to go. read more

This review is based on the exceptional customer service I received on New Years Eve. I was waiting on Platform 1 telling me that my Metroplitian train to Watford is coming in ten minutes, so I ride my bicycle along the platform to the start. So as time passed "iam like hold up shouldn't this train be here now", it didn't arrive. So now I'm exsperated to now drang my bicycle up the stairs only to see on the main screen that my Waford train is now "Ready" on platform three. I was like I need to see a member of staff to tell them "what for" and how they should of made an announcement. The member of staff I went to see was a customer service person already. He kindly told me that I should check the electronic boards at the end of the platform (I was at the beginning were their are no boards; hence the confusion. I thanked him and decided to wait were the ticket machines were so I can look at the electronic boards, so that I would be in between the two platforms. While I was waiting two other members asked me "Are you okay Madame" which I replied with a smile yes and that I was waiting for the Watford Met train, because I did not want to run my bicycle up and down the stairs. The kind member of staff assured me that it's best to go to platform three now, because the train is waiting at the platform and is definetly going to Watford. I thanked him and the original guy and said their customer service really impressed me which he really appreciated. I said my New Years greeting to him and went on my merry way. TFL may get a lot of stick, but with staff like that you have got to be grateful. read more

I CANNOT WAIT for the Olympics to come to Baker Street Station. On any given day Baker Street has issues with gawking tourists wandering about trying to decide how to get to Madam Tussaud's just east of the station. Hint: It's a Madam Tussaud's... who cares? So, add another million people with no idea how to get where they need to go to, and it'll be some good clean fun. By which I mean: total and utter chaos. In all fairness, this station is one of only a few where you can interchange between so many lines; that's part of its genius. But there has to be an easier way to get tourists around without alienating the local population in the process. How 'bout 'tourist lanes', like some groups are promoting for Oxford Street? Ah, but this is the TfL we're talking about here; they'd never doing anything that practical! read more

Baker Street Tube Station has three reviews? Are you kidding me? What is going on?! Tube stations in Glasgow have more reviews than that and aside from being painted pretty colours, the majority of 'em are pretty boring. Sorry, it had to be said. Considering many of the tube stations in sunny Glasgow are only famed for how many drunks they contain, I can't believe that our classy counterpart, dear Sherlock, hasn't collected more acclaim. I visit London often enough now to not consider myself a tourist, and yet everytime I'm in this unerground I whip the camera out. You can't fail to miss the tiles - they each have the silhouette of Holmes' profile emblazoned proudly on them. Leading you up to historic Baker Street (the setting for Conan Doyle's famous detective's literary antics), Baker Street is clean, well kept and looks great. Maybe I'm just going on the aesthetics but it really looks impressive. If you're not really fussed about the interior or the history and just crave to get home from bloody work, it's an easy station to figure out with good security. But like the shameful sham that I am, I still behave like a juvenile and get snap happy with the camera. The decor of this station is elementary so I can't help myself. read more

Because the sherlock print on the walls and on the platforms make me happy that there is great literature in the world! As many people have said, it's a maze, especially, when they blocked off the main escalator to the exit, so everyone had to run up to the hammersmith/metropolitan platform and then go up another set of stairs to get out. That was annoying. (1 star off there!) But maybe it's supposed to be a maze and a puzzle? Because of Sherlock? Now there is a question to ponder. read more

The English nerd in me, by which I mean major in literatures in English, was so excited to check out the Baker Street Tube Station when I was visiting my friend who studied at the University of London. See, I'm not sure if this is still the case, but there was a Sherlock Holmes impersonator--the dorky plaid coat and the pipe and magnifying glass and everything (clearly not the sexy Jeremy Brett version, but that's ok)-- just as you came up to the street. I don't think I even chatted with him, but apparently he would answer questions and acted just like Holmes. How cool is that?! Oh yea, and the tube is rad too. Despite my fan status of Arthur Conan Doyle, I couldn't bring myself to spend the money to go into the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I had heard that it was small and not inexpensive (although I was a starving study abroad student at the time). I should check out the reviews. . . read more

Woo hoo- first on the Baker Street Tube Station? Man oh man UK, you don't even KNOW. What is there to say about the Baker Street Tube Station. First, the technical aspects: On the Circle Line and Hammersmith & City Line it is between Great Portland Street and Edgware Road. On the Metropolitan Line it is between Great Portland Street and Finchley Road. On the Bakerloo Line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone, and on the Jubilee Line it is between Bond Street and St. John's Wood. You can enter here and walk through to the Marleybone station, which will deposit you in Oxford Circus as quickly as possible, and without any annoying transfers. The motive is "sherlock holmesy" as befits his nearby "home." The station itself is kind of WWII era dingy- which is def. a look in the UK, so it's cool. read more

Baker Street is a station on the London Underground at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines.It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened in 1863. On the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines it is between Great Portland Street and Edgware Road. On the Metropolitan line it is between Great Portland Street and Finchley Road. On the Bakerloo line it is between Regent's Park and Marylebone, and on the Jubilee line it is between Bond Street and St. John's Wood. Local stop for my best mates place read more

I use this tube station most mornings when going to work and back. I either get the Jubilee of the Bakerloo line which seem to be incredible deep under the ground as there are two sets of escalators to get to them. The station always seems busy as a lot of tourists get off there for Madam Tussauds and other attractions. The station is also very close to one end of Regents Park. The station is normally very clean and the section that the circle line is on has a great feel about it, very old and charming. There are a number of shops in the station for snacks and papers, but there is also an Italian restaurant and a Boots out the side entrance. Another ticket machine would help at the main entrance but there are more machine down in the other section read more

I dig this station as it's one of London's oldest and the lines seem close I each other (compared to Green Park). Anything with a Sherlock Holmes statues intrigues me, just where is Jude Law when you need your Watson. read more

I don't usually review London Underground stations, however I have to admit this station is probably my favourite. I greatly admire the layout, the design and the woodwork. This is also a prime station for those of you who are interested in visiting the Sherlock Holmes Museum, which is just around the corner. read more

One of the more iconic tube stations still kept to traditional style and with many images on the walls that refer to Sherlock Holmes and his adventures-one of the better tube stations in London. Connections to Bakerloo and Metropolitan line, also Hammersmith and City and Jubilee so a good meeting point for friends travelling in to town. read more

Now I'm no trainspotter or anything like that, but if I did have to pick my favourite station, Baker Street would be it! If you look closely it's got lots of signs of how the building used to look - there are old shop names carved above the ticket office and the metro line section of the station looks like an old carriage station, which gives it an antiquity and historical feel. Plus, the nice lady in the stall at the station entrance sells some of the best yoghurt raisins in town read more