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Line 38: \|railexits1415= {{decrease}} 2.134 \|railexits1516= {{decrease}} 1.944 \|railexits1617= {{increase}} 1.959 ~~-->~~ \|railexits1718= {{decrease}} 1.940 --> \|railexits1819= {{increase}} 1.992 \|railexits1920= {{increase}} 2.067 \|railexits2021= {{decrease}} 0.451 \|railexits2122= {{increase}} 1.140 \|railexits2223= {{increase}} 1.563 \|map_type= Buckinghamshire \| coordinates = {{coord\|51.674\|-0.607\|type:railwaystation_region:GB\|display=inline,title}} Line 49 ⟶ 50: \| access_note =<ref name="tubemap"/> }} '''Amersham''' is a [[London Underground~~]] and [[National Rail~~]] station in [[Amersham]] in the [[Chiltern (district)\|Chiltern]] district of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]] which is also used by [[National Rail]] services. 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 {{stl\|London Underground\|Chesham}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930212121/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=496500&y=200500&z=4&sv=496500%2C200500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf OpenStreetMap]</ref> It is in [[Travelcard Zone 9]]<ref name=tubemap /> (previously zone D). 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 runs trains between [[Marylebone station\|London Marylebone]] and [[Aylesbury]]. From Aylesbury a shuttle service to [[Princes Risborough]] provides access to through services between Marylebone and [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station\|Birmingham Snow Hill]]. The journey times between Amersham and [[Central London]] range between 33 and 60 minutes. The journey time between Amersham and Chalfont & Latimer is about three and a half minutes.<ref>{{Cite web \|url= http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/facts.html \|title=Tube Facts – Stations that it takes the longest to travel between \|access-date=29 March 2015 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403155732/http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/facts.html \|archive-date=3 April 2015 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Line 82 ⟶ 85: {{Adjacent stations\|noclear=y \|system1=London Underground \|line1=Metropolitan\|type1=[[Metropolitan_line#Route\|Amersham Branch]]\|right1=Chalfont & Latimer \|system2=National Rail \|note-row2= {{rail line \|previous={{rws\|Great Missenden}} \|next={{~~stl\|London Underground~~rws\|Chalfont & Latimer}} or {{rws\|London Marylebone}}\|route=[[Chiltern Railways]]<br><small>[[London to Aylesbury Line]]</small>\|col={{Chiltern colour}}}} \|header3=Disused railways \|system4=London Underground \|line4=Metropolitan\|left4=Great Missenden\|right4=Chalfont & Latimer\|to-left4=Aylesbury }} ==Notes and references== ===Notes=== Line 116 ⟶ 120: [[Category:Tube stations in Buckinghamshire]] [[Category:Railway stations in Buckinghamshire]] ~~[[Category:London Underground stations located above ground]]~~ [[Category:Former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892]]