In article .com,
Steve writes
This morning I took the Bakerloo southbound from Waterloo
[...]
unless the maps had to be
replaced for other reasons and the blanking panels were designed for
later removal.

This is not an uncommon approach.

The other odd thing is that the Waterloo - Lambeth
North - Elephant & Castle section of the map (which of course is the
only section shown opposite the southbound platforms) appears to take
up only about the first quarter of the map, suggesting room for at
least six more stations - as I understand it there have never been
more than another three planned.

At one point there was a proposal for a Camden-Town-like junction in the
area, allowing Bakerloo Line trains to head for Morden as well as
Northern Line trains to head to Elephant and wherever the extension then
went. It might have had that in mind.

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