- Amersham station
Amersham station is a
railway station servingAmersham inBuckinghamshire . It is located in Travelcard Zone 9 (previously zone D).Amersham Station is a terminus of the
Metropolitan Line branch of theLondon Underground . It is situated 23.7 miles (38.1 km) north west ofCharing Cross and is the second most westerly station on the whole London Underground system, after Chesham [ O.S. Map [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=496500&y=200500&z=4&sv=496500,200500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf] ]Amersham Station is also served by
Chiltern Railways , which runs trains between London Marylebone andAylesbury . From Aylesbury a shuttle service toPrinces Risborough provides access to through services between Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill. The journey times toCentral London range between 33 and 60 minutes.History
Amersham was opened September 1, 1892 part of the Metropolitan Railway extension to Aylesbury. On March 12, 1922 its name was changed to "Amersham & Chesham Bois" but reverted to the original name during 1937. It is located on Station Approach,
Amersham .The main line services were operated by the
Great Central Railway , so became part of theGreat Central Railway andLondon Passenger Transport Board Joint Line following the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to theLondon Midland Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948.When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the services to Aylesbury on what is now known as the
Chiltern Line were operated byNetwork SouthEast until thePrivatisation of British Rail ways.The
London Underground A Stock is named after Amersham as it was built due to the electrification to the station in 1959/60.London Underground have proposed in reducing their off peak services to/from Amersham. [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/8622.aspx] This is due to the possible increase of services on the Chesham Branch. If this does go ahead, services from Amersham would return back to the historically normal frequency of two Metropolitan trains per hour from the four Metropolitan trains per hour service which has been operating for the past five years.
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* [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube Official London Underground website]
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