Amersham Railway Station
Amersham is a train station north-west of London in the Travelcard zone 9. It is located at the intersection of Station Approach and Hill Avenue in the city of Amersham in Buckinghamshire . The station is the express train stop of the Chiltern Railways and one of the four western subway terminus of the Metropolitan Line . Amersham is the westernmost station on the London Underground and one of 14 stations outside Greater London . In 2013, 2.04 million subway passengers used the station, plus 2.035 million rail passengers.
The Metropolitan Railway (predecessor of the Metropolitan Line) opened the station on September 1, 1891, when they opened the route between Chalfont & Latimer and Aylesbury . From 1899 the Great Central Railway also used the station. On March 12, 1922, the station was renamed Amersham & Chesham Bois , but was given its original name back in 1934. The underground lines northwest of Rickmansworth were electrified as the last of the entire network, namely on September 12, 1960. The last steam-powered train ran on September 10, 1961, on the same day the Metropolitan Line ceased operations west of Amersham and left this section of the route the train.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Metropolitan Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 8, 2013 .
| Previous station | Transport for London | Next station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| final destination | Metropolitan Line | Chalfont & Latimer | ||
| Previous station | National Rail | Next train station | ||
| Great Missenden |
Chiltern Railways London – Aylesbury |
Chalfont & Latimer | ||
Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 26.7 " N , 0 ° 36 ′ 27" W.