London is full of history, of which Sherlock Holmes' connection to Baker Street is one. Then…read morethere's the song "Baker Street" that was written and performed by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. I was recently in and out of the Baker Street station as it was the nearest tube location to the Monocle Magazine store that I was seeking to visit. This is a busy place as many Tube lines cross here (Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, and Metropolitan) and there was a lot going on outside. At the same time, this intrepid traveler found it pretty easy to navigate it all, while keeping in mind that traffic and pedestrian directions are different here.

This happens to be a pretty major interchange station, and it is also one of the older stations,…read moreespecially the platform that happens to be on the circle line. In fact, once you step into this platform you suddenly realise that little has changed since it was first built, and you can almost see the old steam trains making their way through here. Oh, as you can probably work out from the name, this station also happens to be near the house of a certain famous detective.

During the strike this station was meant to be open which is why I routed myself here 11.30pm at…read morenight, only to find that would not allow people into the station to get on the trains going thru to edgware but they would allow passengers from edgware and Central London to get off at Golders Green! Had to get a bus to edgware which is a long route. All in all a very bad service today I'm afraid you might just as well not bothered opening if you are going to discriminate against edgware passengers or was it just sheer laziness?

Well they just repaved the bus station so the problem with ill maintained pavement has been dealt…read morewith. As for the loos - grim is still the word. Of course there is always the pub around the corner, and the Starbucks and Costas to the right so there is hope.

Very busy station that puts you in the heart of the many different attractions and the downtown…read morearea.

Our Stay,Citizen M Hotel sits right over the underground exit…read more So simple to move around by subway here. london is wonderful.

The funny thing about this station is apparently it is the only station on the network were the…read moreunderground line runs over the overground line, so it certainly does that have to mark it as unique. It is a pretty major interchange though, and when I've been here it has been pretty crowded. It's a decent station station.

There's never a dull moment at this busy dual-served Tube station, you tend to be greeted by dour…read morelooking tramps or propagandists on the morning commute, and the lovely 'BEWARE WARNING: THIEVES OPERATE IN THIS AREA' always makes visiting guests exceptionally receptive to my neighbourhood. Previously served by three tube lines, the eagerly awaited East London line extension (due to be completed in 2010) brought additional sweaty commuters to the morning rush, although the temporary pain will surely remedy the long-term gain. As for the Hammersmith & City line, a friend of mine cunningly refers to it as the Hammersmith & (S)hitty line which I think is a fair assessment, though when it is working well the choice of stations is a good branch to the West. District line-wise, I find that the East serving arm is marginally (I repeat marginally) better than anything involving Earl's Court transitioning, however not a patch on the smooth running Central.

I found the London train's to be excellent and probably NYC could learn a thing or two. I was…read morestaying in Canary Wharf for five days. When conversing with the very nice employee here and he was explaining the zones he informed me that the majority of all travelers remain within Zone 1-2 on the Jubilee line. He also informed that the Westminster stop would be where a lot of the sights would be. Upon arrival, I noticed how clean the station was, I didn't see a garbage can in sight, but yet, I didn't one piece of garbage on the floor. All stops here have signage everywhere-- where to transfer, where to exit, some of the sights at that station, etc. what a huge help when you're in a city or country for the first time! They have an employee at the gate so you can ask questions and they are actually eager to assist without an attitude!

The thing about this station is that when you get off one of the lines it simply feels as if you…read moreare literally at the bottom of the pit. The reason for this is that I can basically see the escalators heading up to the sub-surface. That's probably because how they originally built this station, though ironically it seems as if this is the only deep level tube station they built this way. Still, I have to admit that it does happen to be pretty cool, especially when you come up from the deep level.

This is probably one of those stations that started off as a mainline station, or it could have…read morebeen an infill station for the tube, but to be honest I am nowhere near a tube expert like some people on the internet are. Anyway, yeah, this station had quite a bit of charm, and even had a secondhand bookshop attached to it, which I thought was cool. Oh, I believe you get off here to go to the botanic gardens.

This is the attractive main station for visitors to Kew Gardens, as well as serving the well-to-do…read moresuburbs of Kew itself, and the Public Records Centre 10 minutes' walk away. It is served by both the Richmond branch of the District Line and the North London Line, both of which are now under the control of London Transport. The line wasn't originally part of the underground at all, but built by the London and South Western Railway as a branch to Richmond from the West London line near Kensington Olympia in 1869. A connection at Gunnersbury also enabled access from the North London Line, a service which survives today. These services were joined by those of the Metropolitan District Railway (the forerunner of the District Line) in 1877 as an extension of its service from Hammersmith. Other services were run on the line by the Great Western Railway and the Metropolitan Railway, but by the end of the First World War the only services left were those still operating today. As a result, the station still looks like a suburban main line station, with traditional canopies and awnings, and attractive brick buildings in a domestic Italianate style. Part of the main building on the north (Kew Gardens) side is now part of the Railway Pub, and the forecourt has become a sort of mini district shopping centre. The station has a small newsagents which also sells confectionery. Worth a look also is the concrete arched bridge which carries a footpath over the station: this white-painted structure was an early example of reinforced concrete and dates from 1912 - it is actually a listed structure (Grade II) in its own right. It was built using the Hennebique system, after the French engineer François Hennebique. Today the station is equally busy at weekends thanks to the presence of the gardens nearby. It is used by some 3 million passengers a year. Destinations on the District Line include Upminster via Hammersmith, Victoria and the City, and Richmond; and Stratford in East London via Willesden Junction and Camden.

Thames Clipper runs along the river from the London Eye to Greenwich, with stops in between at…read morevarious piers. An "open secret", it's way more comfortable than the Tube and only slightly more expensive than a Zone 1 to Zone 2 ticket. Comfy seats with a great view, they also have an onboard coffee bar and wi-fi signal throughout. It's great on a decent day, even if it's cold. But I wouldn't want to do this in the rain. Still, it's got to be less sweaty than the Central line! This is not a guided tour boat - it's a commuter line. So don't expect announcements of the various sights. But they're still there - the Tate, London Bridge, Millennium Dome, all of it. The staff is very professional and very experienced. Expect to be prodded for your ticket a couple of times during the journey. You can not buy a ticket on board. I was very pleased with the journey and I would absolutely do it again. If you're hosting visitors to London, hitting the usual sights, you might want to show off the city and give this a try.

Lovely part of the River Thames. From the pier, halfway between Embankment and Westminster stations…read moreis a spot where you can directly see the London Eye and a great view of the New Year's Eve fireworks. I watched the fireworks every year from different viewpoints along the Thames but obviously here is the best spot. The area is now controlled by ticketing, at £10 a ticket to avoid overcrowding. Tickets goes on sale around October.

A part of me thinks that this might have once been a terminus station, though I have since noted…read morethat the British Rail line goes through here, so it appears that it was just a terminus station for the District and Central Lines. I jumped off here because I ended up catching the Elizabeth Line train from Heathrow, and I thought I might simply go for a bit of an explore, especially since it was first thing in the morning. The station does feel pretty tacky in parts though they also seem to have fixed it up a bit more now that the Elizabeth Line goes through here. Also, it pretty much dumps you into the middle of a shopping district, which is pretty cool.

Way out west, where one of the District Line branches finally meets up with the one of the Central…read moreLine branches is Ealing Broadway. The station is also a stop on the Great Western Line that runs out to Reading, so if you're looking to avoid Paddington for some reason (afraid of bears, perhaps?) then you might consider taking the Tube here and catching one of the slow trains. There is no step-free access from street level to the platforms. Depending on which platforms you might be switching between, it's possible you might have a step-free experience. Signs from one line to another are clearly marked and there are ticket barricades with Oyster readers at the exits. If you are switching platforms from the trains to the Tube, don't forget to hit one of those readers because there isn't a barricade between those. On the platforms, you'll find a Costa kiosk as well as a West Cornwall Pasty. Up in the ticketing level is a WH Smith. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. On the Central Line, the next stop is West Acton and on the District, it's Ealing Common.