Chalfont & Latimer Railway Station

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Station building

Chalfont & Latimer is a train station north-west of London in Travelcard tariff zone 8. It is located on Station Road in the village of Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire . Chalfont & Latimer is one of 14 London Underground stations outside of Greater London . 1.11 million underground passengers used the station in 2013, plus 0.702 million rail passengers.

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The station has two through tracks with a side and a central platform. The metro trains run on the Metropolitan Line and suburban trains run by the Chiltern Railways company . Almost all trains on the Metropolitan Line that go to Amersham via Chalfont & Latimer are considered express trains, as they pass several stations on the way to Baker Street in the city center without stopping (except in the marginal hours). Trains to Chesham run from a siding .

The double-lane section from the Croxleyhall Junction east of Rickmansworth to Amersham has a special operating situation: all trains, both the electric underground and diesel multiple units and freight trains of the railroad, use the same tracks. Chalfont & Latimer owned a freight yard that was in operation until November 14, 1966.

history

The Metropolitan Railway (predecessor of the Metropolitan Line) opened the station on July 8, 1889, which was initially called Chalfont Road . The same day the line between Rickmansworth and Chesham went into operation. On September 1, 1891, the line was added towards Amersham and Aylesbury . In the area around the station there were only a few farms between the villages of Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter and Latimer at the end of the 19th century. From the few houses that were built shortly after the opening of the railway line, a village developed over time, which today has around 5000 inhabitants. On November 1, 1915, the station was given its current name. The underground lines northwest of Rickmansworth were the last of the entire network to be electrified on September 12, 1960. The last steam-powered train ran on September 10, 1961.

Web links

Commons : Chalfont & Latimer Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
  2. ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Metropolitan Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 8, 2013 .
  4. ^ Brian Hardy: How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago . In: Underground News . tape 591 . London Underground Railway Society, March 2011, ISSN  0306-8617 , p. 175-183 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 4.9 "  N , 0 ° 33 ′ 38.6"  W.