Baker Street - Tube Stations by Decades (1860's)

[@andrewholloway231]

Now.... THIS is going to be a great series. Thank you Geoff.

[@smjrn63]

One of my favorite things about London is how they modernize while embracing the original architecture. I will have visit this station

[@Evemeister12]

Out of all the original metropolitan railway stations, baker street is the most beautiful and well preserved.

[@TWX1138]

Great. Now I have a saxophone solo running through my head.

[@TalesOfWar]

One hell of a sax solo at that!

[@ayindestevens6152]

I ain’t mad.

[@mikefuller2019]

Me too!

[@ianmcclavin]

Let's play Blockbusters!

[@SamSitar]

i could spend all day at a station like baker street.

[@gvfc]

I can't believe the amount of time, and times, I've looked for the gents toilet at Baker Street. Thank you Geoff, this is true public service.

[@officialmcdeath]

@@gvfc TfL's least used Gents \m/

[@geofftech2]

Happy to help!

[@TalesOfWar]

@ Maybe you can branch out into Underground stations with toilets? I'm only half joking lol. It's one thing many lack.

[@18Reading71]

Judging by the punctuation it's Geoff's personal toilet - assuming that Geoff is the gentleman to which the sign refers.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

@@18Reading71 The train will stop for a couple of shakes................................I'll see myself out.

[@elroyvanderley6460]

Lovely new series Geoff! Looking forward to all the episodes!

[@MrGreatplum]

I have fond memories of Baker Street - I used to work in Dorset Square (just a couple of minutes walk away) and so I used the station frequently - a real maze of old corridors and history! And the Spoons pub was frequented by a number of us - restored beautifully inside.

[@Robslondon]

Lovely video Geoff, my favourite station. Always good to see the Dangermouse plaque! 😉

[@ShieldTransport]

Love this new series, Geoff! Cant wait to see what is to come!

[@marthaanderson2656]

Baker St is, indeed, my favorite station. It so fills the eye that you cannot fail to appreciate. I always plan a trip through for no other reason to wander around and enjoy the details. I hear the Spoons is also worth a visit for the old decor.

[@bayleyduquette]

New Series! Love to see it! Keep it up!

[@ryanmetzger2836]

I'm looking forward to the new series.

[@geofftech2]

thank you Ryan, that's most kind!

[@Lilianne8]

Oooh, this is going to be a treat! And indeed it was, thank you Geoff. One of the best features of London and the whole of England to me is the functioning history around you everywhere.

[@geofftech2]

What do you mean you've never watched 'Danger Mouse' ?? 🤣

[@F1nlayPlayz]

nah i was too busy watching THIS you legend

[@Unitedfan2013]

I have never watched it

[@iaindcosta]

I used to like the narrator between episodes on the weekday 5 minute shows, disappointingly they edited him out😢

[@anthonydefreitas6006]

Crikey !

[@craigymarsh941]

I watched it when I was younger.

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

50 seconds for a pee ... gosh Geoff your flow must be jet-propelled

[@martin-uz1py]

Hope he washed his hands.

[@Evemeister12]

​@@martin-uz1pyand dried them properly

[@stur1382]

I was going to comment I was impressed that Geoff could do all that in 60 secs. Impressive.

[@richard4cz]

He knows all about secret corridors and quick transfers

[@MirzaAhmed89]

Maybe he wasn't full. It was just an exercise for fun, not because he absolutely had to go.

[@ajs41]

A new series. Yay! Thanks Geoff.

[@kubricksmith]

You can do a TFL Hidden London tour of Baker Street which takes you into some very special places.

[@caw25sha]

Does anyone remember Hughie Green? He presented a talent show called Opportunity Knocks in the 70s. He lived in a flat over the station and had a model railway in it.

[@9096johnny]

that is a superb factoid

[@SummerHoneyClock]

I'm disappointed that he didn't live on the District Line

[@Emily_20095]

A new series! The anticipation for waiting for a new episode is so great! You never fail at giving new content and Baker Street was such a good option, historic and beautiful!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Great video! Love the idea for this series! I find the toilets at Baker Street some of the most useful on the London Underground but I've never thought to try to get off, use them and get on the same train thought. I've done a similar thing with getting coffee at Northampton. Some Sunday morning trains stop for 15 minutes so I've got off, got my coffee and got back on the same train!

[@ShowRyuKen]

Geoff, my commute in to Baker Street over the past few years has made me thoroughly grumpy about the place: all I can think about is the maddening, inefficient crush the Victorian stairs from the Wembley-bound platform causes at rush hour. But you've managed to make the place seem charming again. For this, I thank you! Quality video, and nice idea for a series.

[@rorschak47]

Strong start to the new series.

[@GoingUnderground23]

Thanks Geoff for another excellent video and I like forward to the rest of the series, Baker Street is on of my favourite stations along with Earls Court. Thanks for sharing Geoff and hope you have a great day and rest of your week

[@petersloane252]

Great start to the series Geoff. Easily the most interesting tube station. The complete design transitions between lines are amazing, unused passageways. Wonderful grand municipal architecture in the ticket hall and its one of the worlds original🤷‍♂️🚂

[@jakecoare]

Great series Geoff, as a little kid I use to love going through Barker street, especially as a little kid I loved the London Underground. Can’t wait for the rest of upcoming episodes in this brilliant idea of a series

[@MirzaAhmed89]

3:52 I once did a similar thing on the NYC Subway at 42nd St - Port Authority. I managed to get off the train, buy a bottle of water from a newsagent shop on the platform, and get back on the same train. The train wasn't even waiting for a connection. I just knew where the shop was on the platform and positioned myself accordingly on the train, and had exact change ready for the price of the water.

[@sarahscanlon2340]

Yes! One of my favourite stations..I never get bored travelling through and lwarning about the history. Already loving this series!

[@jonathanirons231]

Excellent idea, and a marvelous station to start with.

[@douglasgriffin694]

Love the new series concept!! Thanks Geoff

[@rjsieder]

Great idea for a new series. Can't wait for the rest of the series. I really enjoy the history of the UK's railroads, and especially the London networks.

[@christheDevoniantrucker]

3:44 really pleased to see Royal Mail haven’t removed that stick 👏🏻👏🏻

[@antonydennett5938]

The start of another great series. Fascinating facts as well

[@clwydian1]

Great idea for a new series and Baker Street is a superb start point.

[@meltrain]

Wow, I already know this is going to be a wonderful series. And Baker Street is one of my favourite stations.

[@frankspencer1557]

Great idea for a series Geoff! Looking forward to these.

[@boogiemarsh]

I actually use to clean those two platforms back in the day. Then l moved onto maintaining the Bakerloo Line rails. Last a big shout out to all the Station Supervisor/ Station Mangers. As Baker St Station was always the best to book on at night. Always with a friendly smile…

[@randomtrainfan6501]

Ooh another tube series by geoff? My prayers have been answered. Absolutely amazing content well done geoff!

[@southcalder]

I like Baker Street, not only because it was the first ever central London Underground station I ever experienced when my mum took me to Madame Tussaud’s as a kiddo but also because it has the feel of a major station but completely underground.

[@andymurphy661]

Love Baker Street station, when ever I dream 🛌 💭💤 about the tube network, it’s always at Baker Street, for all the reasons you stated in your film.

[@Marvinsecretz]

Next stop the best video of the channel

[@ClaytonCarte]

Wow! What a beautiful station! I am excited to see more in this series.

[@MichaelHoward-m8e]

Wonderful new series. Thank you Geoff for all of the great content.

[@roderickmain9697]

My first memories of going through Baker street was "Meh, nothing special". And then it got restored/ refurbished with all new lighting and it is now truly magnificent. Probably the best tube station on the network. IMHO.

[@simonthebailey]

I remember the steam specials. Coming into work the next day you could still smell the smoke coming out of the tube.

[@lisamacdonald9375]

This is going to be a fun series! Thank you sir! 🚇

[@peterclark211]

Love the new series Geoff

[@AdrianDellicott]

Great new series. Looking forward to seeing more episodes 👍🏻

[@alandavidpryce5459]

Had a labouring job here on the Fleet line construction , post Art college. Lots of japes and fun to be had in the labyrinth of air ducts and passages

[@yoafaboy]

As a regular user of this station: If you are heading towards the city from Baker Street always get on the Metropolitan Line at platform 3 rather than platform 5&6 which Geoff shows here, and are for Circle and Hammersmith and City lines. They all use the same tracks as far as Liverpool Street but the Metropolitan Line trains are always way, way quieter.

[@davidemmott6225]

Ironic that the original Metropolitan platforms are no longer served by the Metropolitan Line!

[@johnmurray8428]

OK someone who has not lived in the UK for 50 years, I assume Danger Mouse was some character on children’s TV? Great series Geoff. Look forward to more!

[@PamelaBane]

Thanks Geoff, I loved the snippet of information about Danger Mouse, a great start to this new series.😊

[@StardustScribe]

This was my home station when I lived in London a decade ago and I miss it a lot. My friends and I took those lesser used hallways all the time to avoid the crowds.

[@TransportGeekery]

What I like about Baker Street is the terminating platforms that make it feel like a mini main line terminus. Obviously you get the same feeling at Aldgate as well. And both stations also have jaunty junctions that add to the appeal.

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

Baker Street Underground station is such a nice station that is located not too far from London Marylebone and of course very close Madame Tussauds. And it’s such a lovely and beautiful station in Central London. Very nice station.

[@awild10]

A great idea for a series Geoff and I agree with you that Baker Street is one of the best stations on the network not just for the history behind it but for how well that history has been preserved over the years.

[@johntauren]

I still have a newspaper article about the 150th anniversary ride from my local paper pinned up on my wall. A local Toronto paper.

[@PhilSnoad]

I loved Danger Mouse. Another great series. Can't wait for the next episode. Thanks Geoff.

[@pb4rton]

Thanks Geoff! I have had the privilege of seeing some of the disused parts of the station! I didn't realise there was a toilet there too!

[@maxbenchip4534]

Ooooh I already love it ! Thanks Geoff

[@alexdreamer9950]

We caught a couple of trains from here back in the summer and as beautiful and quirky as it is, I never got to see half of these passageways and decor. Guess these are my reasons to come back 😊

[@thatsadguy999]

Hi Geoff! Amazing video! Its so lovely to see the history of the tubes. Thank you so much for this video! ❤

[@paulburton9386]

Great video! Quick fact, if you walk out of Baker Street tube station and walk up towards Madame Tussauds but turn left you will come to a block of flats where Kenneth Williams used to live. There is a plaque outside.

[@MM-mq5uj]

One my favourite stations in London!. thanks for this video.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Interesting new series, Baker Street is a awesome station and do remember the Met 150 celebrations

[@EngineerLewis]

Wonderful - -thanks Geoff and I did notice that the paintwork could do with a lick here and there but the tiles were still in glorious colour! 👮

[@ianlinsey1133]

I used to get of at this station in the 70s and 80s walk down Baker St turn of on to Chiltern St and visit David and Charles Bookshop.

[@DarrenSaw]

Brilliant idea for a series, this first one is a great start. Nice one!

[@a11oge]

The World has gone to the dogs, the lunatics have taken over the asylum, but for 6.22 minutes all is well, as Geoff has started a new series of Tube History videos. And the starts, agreeably, with the best station baker Street.

[@Nooticus]

Being negative is actually making things worse! The world is improving, facts and academic studies prove that! Yes, things feel awful at the moment, but keep your head up! :D

[@a11oge]

@@Nooticus Thanks for your upbeat reply - I only meant, it was good to some good news/items. for example Twitter can be such a dark place. Onwards and upwards 😃

[@Nooticus]

@ twitter is definitely very dark unfortunately yeah ): thanks! :D

[@OliverBus-y]

Love this new series, Can't wait for the next vid !!

[@redriverraider]

What a beauty! Going to have to revisit this gem! Cheers from Texas!

[@stalbanstransport]

It’s funny a few months ago I posted a video on the beautiful bakers street station. 2:34 I love that footbridge

[@rosiefay7283]

2:15 This is the very reason why Baker St tube station frightened me once when I had to go and meet someone in Marylebone. It was the one occasion where I carried a compass with me on a trip to London --- in case I got lost in that station and wound up back at street level not knowing which street I was on --- which indeed happened.

[@peterbrady6772]

Excellent video Geoff...Thanks...Very much looking forward to this series.

[@PancakeStreetModelRailway]

Great idea! Excited for rest of the series

[@Pulsar-1919]

This video made me realise I didn't see anywhere near enough of baker st station the last time I was in London!

[@Imalrightma]

great station with a tangible atmosphere of it's past. looking forward to more vids in this series Geoff.

[@oc2phish07]

Incredible. I was just there on the Hammersmith & City Line twice today. One of my local stations. Nice video, Geoff.

[@DesiroDriver]

Geoff, loved this. Great mini series idea. Thanks.

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Great new series Geoff really enjoying it.

[@Naz_Nomad]

The pub is where they used to have the London Underground Recruitment Centre. I had my guards interview and aptitude tests there in 1989.

[@prudencepineapple9448]

1:17 The Star Ship 'Enterprise' starting its warp drive engines!

[@laura_shannon_]

I love Baker Street station. Only been to it on the Bakerloo line though. Mum and I went to see Coldplay in 2022 and stayed in Marylebone and stayed a couple days in London so we could do stuff and we went out for pizza at Pizza Express on the last night and got lost and stumbled upon I think it was a Co-op and mum wanted a snack so we went in and accidentally found an entrance to the tube… Turns out we’d somehow wondered far enough that we could get the tube back one stop to Marylebone to our hotel 🤣 It was just so randomly out the way in a Co-op shop that it just took me by surprise. Like it wasn’t obvious that there would be a tube station when we stumbled across Co-op until we got inside the Co-op but there was, so we investigated to see if we could get back and we did 😂

[@ianhelps3749]

Baker Street is the first underground station I took a train from ( with my father) when I was a small boy.

[@Nickygroves]

Great video Geoff, I look forward to more of your videos for this series. I so enjoy your channel.

[@officialmcdeath]

Noticed the shuttered exit from that westerly passage between 5 and 6, shall have to investigate - excellent new series theme, good idea well executed \m/

[@jamesbrown-ih1ev]

He covered that shuttered exit in secrets of the Hammersmith and City Line on the channel Londonist.

[@peabody1976]

Interesting how the first Metro influenced others: the Parisians looks as though they saw Baker Street and (now) Great Portland Street and said "Ah, let's use this vault feature in our stations!", and then Montreal decided to follow Paris, so these three cities have stations with the same basic design language. What a great start to this series!

[@andreawoelke]

60 seconds to go to the gents? You need at least 2 minutes to wash your hands! Remeber "Happy birthday dear corona" 😂

[@reptongeek]

When I was attempting The Tube Challenge, I actually stayed quite close to Baker Street in a hotel near Marylebone Station. The first night I was there I visited Baker Street and had a look round, but still missed a lot like those old corridors. I remember the round hall with the modern escalators, as I ran through this area from the Jubilee line platforms to the Metropolitan line platforms (I think) on my last visit

[@perrydebell1352]

There was a news & cartoon film theatre that could be accessed from within the station. Friends & I were studying at Harrow Tech in 1960/61. We had free travel passes between Northwick Park & Pinner, but would catch a train to Baker Street & for one shilling, we would while away an hour or two between lectures. Life was simpler then.

[@notsmoothsteve]

That was an interesting tip about the Baker loo 😁

[@peterdowden7694]

I've got that saxophone riff stuck in my head 🎷

[@peterdowden7694]

If they introduced music on the platforms of the Met they could play "Baker Street" for trains terminating there and "Right down the Line" for trains continuing towards Aldgate.

[@alastairwood1745]

Lovely video Geoff, this is my favourite station so I really enjoyed this

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Great, Geoff! I look forward to your new series!

[@GusGus1996]

Always love you videos. Cheers from Florida in USA

[@luxford60]

I really like the triangular open air bit where the other Met Line platforms are. It's something about the enclosing walls and their windows.

[@MrCobo04]

Been round Baker Street Station a number of times. Not just to change lines. And yes circle line to circle line via the toilet is feasible.

[@AngusJones]

What a fun concept for a series! I'm really ooking forward to the next episode

[@Helveticats]

Great idea for a series! 🎉

[@michaeldwyer3352]

Well done Geoff - I envy you your ability to cross a platform, empty your bladder legally and reboard a train in 60 seconds. Ah, those were the days....

[@andyhunter1433]

Eric Coates wrote 'By the Sleepy Lagoon'. You might recognise this as the theme tune to the BBC radio 4 series ' Desert Island Discs' which has been running for over 80 years!

[@caw25sha]

My parents used to listen to that and when I was a very small child my dad told me the tune was called The Sleepy Baboon. I think I believed him for way longer than was reasonable 😃

[@paulsengupta971]

And of course he wrote the theme to The Dambusters.