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'''Amersham''' is a [[London Underground
Amersham station is a [[terminal station|terminus]] of the London Underground's [[Metropolitan line]].<ref name=tubemap>{{cite map/Standard Tube Map}}</ref> It is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) northwest of [[Charing Cross]], making it the second furthest Underground station from central London and the second most westerly station of the whole London Underground system, after {{
The station has the highest elevation on the entire London Underground network at 147m above [[Sea level|sea-level]], higher than [[Big Ben]] tower.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The London Underground station that's so high up it would tower over Big Ben |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/other/the-london-underground-station-that-s-so-high-up-it-would-tower-over-big-ben/ar-AA1d3lWd?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=a01cc5120df64a2cb62d6955d46a8144&ei=16 |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>
Amersham station is also served by [[Chiltern Railways]], which ==History==
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[[File:Amersham with Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train geograph-2722765-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train in 1959]]
The station was opened on 1 September 1892 as part of the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (Met) extension from Chalfont Road (now Chalfont & Latimer) to Aylesbury.<ref name=culgmetropolitan>{{cite web |
[[File:Amersham Station after a night of snow, with new S type stock in the sidings - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Platform view]]▼
From 16 March 1899, the [[Great Central Railway]] served the station through its [[Great Central Main Line|extension]] to Marylebone.<ref name=GCR>{{cite web |url= http://www.greatcentraltoday.com/gcrhistory.htm |title=The Great Central Railway – History |access-date=29 March 2015 |date=n.d. |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094918/http://www.greatcentraltoday.com/gcrhistory.htm |archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref> Consequently, the station became joint Met/GCR owned. On 1 January 1923, the GCR became part of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] (LNER)<ref name=GCR />
On 12 September 1960, the tracks from [[Rickmansworth station|Rickmansworth]] to Amersham were [[electrification|electrified]],<ref name=culgmetropolitan /> partially fulfilling plans first proposed some thirty years earlier. The rolling stock ordered by London Underground as part of this project, the [[London Underground A60 and A62 stock|A60 stock]], is named after Amersham.
▲{{stack|[[File:Amersham Station after a night of snow, with new S type stock in the sidings - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Platform view]]}}
===Service changes===
When the [[British Rail brand names|sectorisation]] of British Rail took place in 1982, services to Aylesbury on what had by now become the [[London to Aylesbury Line]] came under the operation of [[Network SouthEast]]. Following the [[privatisation of British Rail]] in the early 1990s, these services have been provided by [[Chiltern Railways]].
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The station is located on Station Approach, Amersham.<ref>[https://www.google.com.my/maps/place/Amersham/@51.67413,-0.60769,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48766785a887b2ef:0xb9c9ef35e7b58716 Google Maps – Amersham Station]</ref> [[Turnstile|Ticket barriers]] are in operation at the station.<ref name=stninfo />
In 2009, because of financial constraints, [[Transport for London]] (TfL) decided to stop work on a project to provide step-free access at Amersham and five other stations, on the grounds that these are relatively quiet stations and some are already one or two stops away from an existing step-free station.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Disability-and-deaf-equality-scheme-accessible-version-2009-12.doc |publisher=TfL |title=Disability and Deaf Equality Scheme (DES) 2009-2012 |access-date=1 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120425101603/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Disability-and-deaf-equality-scheme-accessible-version-2009-12.doc |archive-date=25 April 2012 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The next station towards London, [[Chalfont & Latimer station|Chalfont & Latimer]], and Chesham station, around {{convert|2|mi|km}} north, both have step-free access.<ref name=tubemap />|group=note}} In 2017, TfL announced that Amersham station would receive funding for step-free access,
==Services==
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* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Aylesbury}} of which 1 continues to {{stnlnk|Aylesbury Vale Parkway}}
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==Notes and references==
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