What two place names give London Underground’s Bakerloo line its name?

The Bakerloo line’s name combines the place names Baker Street and Waterloo.

The line originally opened in 1906 as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway. Its full title described the route between the northern area around Baker Street and the southern terminus at Waterloo. The shortened name “Bakerloo” was created from the two names and became the line’s familiar identity.

The Bakerloo is one of London’s deep-level Tube lines and is shown in brown on the modern Underground map. It runs through central London, serving stations such as Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross before continuing south toward Elephant & Castle and beyond.

The name is sometimes incorrectly interpreted as a reference to Baker Street and another railway destination. Waterloo is the key second place name. The line’s original formal name explains the abbreviation directly and distinguishes it from the later Jubilee and Victoria lines.