h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: London Underground - Bakerloo Line - A3662390
Author: Alex 'Tufty' Ashman [!] - U566116


I've definitely started to struggle with this project now - I've done all of the sections of line which I know well enough to write about without too much help (43% of the whole network, in fact), and now I really need some help with the rest of it.

Information, please, on any of the stations of the Bakerloo Line.

Thanks,
Alex

Great work, as usual!

A couple of things that occurred to me:

- Regent's Park station is closed until further notice for lift replacement and general refurbishment.

- You could mention that charging is, for some reason, different for journeys between Kenton and Harrow & Wealdstone. The map of the Bakerloo line (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/bakerloo.pdf) states that you have to pay a National Rail fare rather than a London Transport fare. I don't know if this means that Oyster cards, travel cards etc aren't valid on this section of the line..?

- Link to Sherlock Holmes A2773415

Can't help with any of the stations, I'm afraid - the only bit of the Bakerloo line I know is Paddington to Regent's Park, and I think we've got that covered.

I've added those bits - thanks Danny

I'll have a look through some of my books for info. I did have a look through one a while ago, but there wasn't much there. As you're in the middle of exams I'll assume there's no rush!

Yep - none at all...

Warwick Avenue is the nearest station to the canals at Little Venice, and is surrounded by pleasant leafy streets. It's been refurbished in the last few years - but unusually, in a sympathetic manner restoring the original tilework and so on. On a quiet day you could be in a time warp if it wasn't for the posters - it's a pretty good example of an Underground station of this particular vintage.

Maida Vale station is just up the road from the BBC's legendary studios where the Peel Sessions were recorded - there's a link here if you want to add a bit of colour:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/

Kensal Green was a hazard card in The London Game - I can't remember the exact wording of the first part of the sentence, but it was along the lines of: "You have an overwhelming desire for solitude. Go to Kensal Green and stay there for three turns."

There's also an extremely large cemetery there, from what I remember.

And Willesden Junction, of course, has an interchange with the North and West London lines at the high-level platforms. There's also a terminating platform in the low-level section, if my memory isn't deceiving me, for Bakerloo line trains. Although that memory is from waiting there while waiting to go and report on Watford v Notts County at the beginning of last season, so it's a little hazy.

Watford won 3-1 though. Hameur Bouazza scored a penalty, which was the first commentary I managed on a goal from a match that involved two league clubs. Which is little help to the entry, I'm afraid.

Actually, I think it was just "You desire solitude."

I remember the equivalent in The Great Game of Britain was "Enticed to fish. Go to Grimsby."

Sorted

I've had a good go at this again, and rewritten the Paddington section completely - hopefully this will be going into Peer Review soon

In it goes: F48874?thread=4177425