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On 10 December 1916 trial electric services were run between Willesden Junction and Watford Junction.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Electric Line |work=Harrow Observer |date=15 December 1916 |page=5}}</ref> The Bakerloo line service was extended from Willesden Junction to Watford Junction on Monday 16 April 1917. The service over this section initially ran every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday with a [[skip-stop]] service at peak times. On Sunday trains terminated at Willesden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Open Air Tube |work=Daily News |date=17 April 1917 |page=3}}</ref>
LNWR electric service from Broad Street and Euston to Watford Junction commenced on Monday 10 July 1922, following a trial service on 7 July 1922.<ref name="New Electric">{{cite news |title=New Electric Railway |work=Daily Mirror |date=8 July 1922 |page=3}}</ref> Service that had been withdrawn in 1917 was reinstated at [[South Hampstead railway station|South Hampstead]], [[Kilburn High Road railway station|Kilburn]] and [[Primrose Hill railway station|Chalk Farm]] stations.<ref name="New Electric"/> The introduction of all electric service on the line decreased the journey time for Bakerloo trains by three minutes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quicker Watford Trains |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 July 1922 |page=8}}</ref> Peak services ran every 15 minutes from Watford Junction to Euston, Watford Junction to Broad Street and Watford Junction to Elephant and Castle. At off-peak times the Euston and Broad Street services ran every half hour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opening of New Electric Railway |work=St. Pancras Guardian |page=2}}</ref>
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