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  • proper noun The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.

Etymologies

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Blend of Baker Street and Waterloo

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Examples

  • The sole exception is the Bakerloo, which is suspended between Stonebridge Park and

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2009

  • The sole exception is the Bakerloo, which is suspended between Stonebridge Park and Harrow & Wealdstone due to the adverse weather conditions.

    Londonist 2009

  • "Bakerloo" is one of the London Underground lines.)

    Notwork Southeast 1998

  • According to London Underground, there was a good service on the Northern line (although some stations were closed), the Bakerloo line was operating between Queen's Park and Elephant and Castle, and the Victoria line was running between Seven Sisters and Brixton.

    Tube strike hits millions of London commuters Sam Jones 2010

  • Each fabric was hand selected from Piccadilly to Bakerloo and restored to its faded glory for one-of-a-kind, metro-salvaged kicks.

    Alexandra Kain | Inhabitat 2009

  • The route of the Bakerloo includes the oldest attempt at a tube railway: the Waterloo & Whitehall Railway was authorised in 1865 to construct a pneumatic railway (that is, one where trains are pushed though a tunnel by air pressure) from Great Scotland Yard to Waterloo station.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • The route of the Bakerloo includes the oldest attempt at a tube railway: the Waterloo & Whitehall Railway was authorised in 1865 to construct a pneumatic railway (that is, one where trains are pushed though a tunnel by air pressure) from Great Scotland Yard to Waterloo station.

    The National Liberal Club's wine cellar is London's first tube railway 2008

  • A tiny recent delight in my life has been the window of the office at the top of the Bakerloo line escalators at Piccadilly Circus.

    September « 2008 « Squares of Wheat 2008

  • They want to preserve Crossrail, which will build two underground rail lines between Heathrow Airport and Canary Wharf, and to introduce faster and more frequent services on the Northern, Piccadilly and Bakerloo underground lines.

    London's transport chief ready to defend capital spending 2010

  • A tiny recent delight in my life has been the window of the office at the top of the Bakerloo line escalators at Piccadilly Circus.

    Bring back the flowers « Squares of Wheat 2008

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