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In celebration of the 160th anniversary of the Metropolitan line, which is the oldest underground railway in the world, the London Transport Museum is offering tours of Baker Street where you will see areas of the station which haven’t been open to the public for many years.
A must-do for history and railway enthusiasts, the tour will take you to original platforms, disused lift shafts, corridors which haven’t been used for 75 years, and you will also catch a glimpse of lifestyles and trends with old advertising posters echoing times past. Fascinatingly, you will hear transcripts from the workforce who built the line and reactions from the station’s very first passengers.
These information-rich and awe-inspiring tours have been meticulously researched using the LTM’s archives.
Not forgetting the area’s connection with a certain fictional detective too, the tours will meet outside Baker Street under the statue of Sherlock Holmes.