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London Underground station
the former station that was once named St. John's Wood Road and then St. John's Wood, before being renamed and closed

St. John's Wood is a London Underground station located in St John's Wood in the City of Westminster, north west London. It was opened in 1939 as a stop on the Bakerloo line. Today St. John's Wood is served by the Jubilee line, between Swiss Cottage and Baker Street stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2. Essentially, St. John's Wood station is a local station with the nearby Metropolitan Line bypassing this station. A journey between St. John's Wood and Baker Street typically takes less than three minutes.

The station building is located on the corner of Acacia Road and Finchley Road and tube maps from late 1938 and early 1939 indicate that it was originally to be given the name Acacia Road or Acacia. This station is the nearest to Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road Studios. Right after the start of World War II, Lord’s was renamed to St John’s Wood and the new station served the present day Bakerloo line. Meanwhile both Lord’s and nearby Marlborough Road shut down due to the close proximity. During the Second World War, the station was used as a shelter and even had apartments (or flats as they call them in the UK) that had rooms for servants. Most of the recreational facilities were a short Tube ride away near present day Finchley Road. Despite this, there were still canteens, libraries, bunks and drinking water. The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. The new station replaced two nearby stations on the Metropolitan line which had closed the previous day. These were Lord's (originally named St. John's Wood Road, then St. John's Wood and, finally, Lord's) and Marlborough Road. is Grade II listed. The platform design remains the same as when opened in 1939, as designed by Harold Stabler. In 2006, the tiles were cleaned up and replaced.

After the start of World War II, Lord's station closed and was replaced by St John's Wood, which was on the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line. At the time, there were two branches of this line: the Stanmore Branch and the Watford branch, although getting to Watford required a change at Harrow and Wealdstone. In 1979, the Jubilee line was opened and replaced the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line while the Watford branch remained the Bakerloo line.

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 2–5 minutes between 05:54 and 00:18 in both directions. During some events at Lord's Cricket Ground, this station sometimes becomes exit only. Other nearby stations are Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue, Swiss Cottage and Baker Street. Today, Wifi is available in the station which means it is easier for people to stay connected on the go. Additionally, with the rise of Amazon, machines, nearby ticket stores and the ability to use a contactless payment card, the ticket offices have closed down. Back in 2015, TFL had a huge cut of funds from the government so they needed to find a way to earn more funds without raising the fares. They even predicted that new Oyster Card shops would help increase their revenue.

Up lighters are lights that are seen along the escalator as a way to help see and provide light all the way from the street to the platform. It also helps keep the passengers in line with where they are going at all times. The up lighters date back to 1939 when the station first opened.

In the spring of 2021, there was an incident where a passenger was found on the tracks. It led to life changing injuries and the individual was taken to the hospital. There were no grounds for suspicion but police and fire officers were sent to St John’s Wood station in order to investigate the issue. This caused the Jubilee line to be suspended and then it was running on severe delays due to the incident.

There is one gate inward and one gate outward from the Tube that is big enough to fit a buggy or wheelchair. The station is not step free and the only way to access the platforms is by escalator or stairs. Prior to 1993, it was illegal to have a wheelchair anywhere on the London Underground due to fire safety concerns.

London Buses routes 13, 46, 113, 187 and night route N113 serve the station.

The station appeared in the music video for "Bedsitter" by Soft Cell. A common trivia question is, "Which London Underground station does not contain any of the letters in the word "mackerel"? The answer is St John's Wood, which does not contain any of the letters A C E K L M R. This is only true because the word "Saint" is always abbreviated "St" in the name, and because Hoxton is on the London Overground but not the Underground. Victoria Coren Mitchell described this as her favourite trivia question. Two former stations also fulfill the mackerel test: Wotton and Wood Siding, which were part of the Underground network between 1933 and 1935.