Bakerloo line extension London has no immediate rail or tube links: the nearest stations are , , , and . Before the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (now the Bakerloo line) opened between Baker Street and Elephant & Castle in 1906, several alternative schemes were proposed for extending the line at both ends. One failed scheme, the New Cross & Waterloo Railway Bill of 1898, had proposed the construction of a line as far south as , but it was not considered by parliament before it was dropped. The possibility of building a line through Camberwell first emerged in 1913, when the Lord
Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) the station between 1984 and 1987 incorporating elements of technical drawings by Marc Isambard Brunel and other engineers. Between April and August 2016 the Bakerloo line platforms were closed to enable escalator replacements and the construction of connecting passageways to the new Crossrail platforms due to open in 2018. In December 2016 Westminster City Council approved proposals to construct a new mixed-use development called Paddington Quarter on a site adjacent to the mainline station. The plans include reconstruction of the Bakerloo line station to provide a larger ticket hall and better access between platforms and street level. The station has