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
Lord's tube station tunnels. A new Bakerloo line station named St. John's Wood was opened to replace Lord's station. It had been the intention of the Underground's management to close Lord's station to normal services, but retain it for temporary use during top-class cricket matches; the advent of the Second World War led this plan to be abandoned, and the station closed permanently on 19 November 1939. The surface building survived until the late 1960s, when it was demolished. The site is now occupied by a hotel. Other Metropolitan line stations that closed with the opening of the Bakerloo line tunnels: Lord's tube