Recently I discovered some old photographs of Baker Street Station from the 1920s. These were taken before the grand building of today was built above the Metropolitan line platforms; replacing a number of shops, houses and the beautiful Leslie Green entrance around the corner.

The photo above shows the original station on Marylebone Road (facing towards Euston). This is the same view today from Google Street View. (Note that the front wall remains complete with the semi-circular windows that originally allowed light to flood into the brick-arched Circle Line platforms below.)

This is from another angle (towards Paddington). On the far left, behind the man, is 'Marylebone Circus'; the name for the crossing of Marylebone Road and Baker Street. Sadly this  name has been forgotten about today.
If you had taken the right on the Circus onto Upper Baker Street you would have seen the 'newer' part of the station. The photo below shows the then 20 year old Leslie Green surface building for the new Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (today the Bakerloo line).

Street View. Shortly after this photo was taken the building was demolished and replaced by the large Chiltern Court that remains today (the 20’s promotional image is shown below).

There are currently plans being worked up to improve the access to the station. This includes incorporating a dingy pedestrian subway into a new exterior Underground entrance. It was due to start in summer 2009, but the Credit Crunch has delayed it until after the Olympics.

Looks a bit half-hearted in my opinion…