Bakerloo line extension over the coming years. During 2005–06, TfL commissioned a transport strategic report for London, "Transport 2025: transport challenges for a growing city". Transport commentators have reported that this publication had recommended a Bakerloo extension as the most beneficial option for extending the Tube in South London, and that it considered three route options for the Bakerloo line; from Elephant & Castle, the proposed routes were either south to Camberwell and Streatham, or east to Beckenham and Hayes: Option 1: via Burgess Park, east to and ,with the option of taking over the Hayes Line to terminate at Option 2: south
Watford tube station depicted Watford High Street on market day, belying the remote location of the station. The station suffered from its distance from the town centre. For many years, the MR operated a bus service from the High Street in an effort to gain more passengers, but contrary to the "Watford Observer"'s predictions patronage remained low. MR passenger numbers compared unfavourably with services into central London offered by the LMS and the UERL Bakerloo line from and , and after the General Strike of 1926 the LNER pulled out of the venture with the MR. Watford tube station in Cassiobury Park Avenue