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{{Short description|Railway station in Buckinghamshire, England}}
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{{Infobox London station
|name = Amersham
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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 run 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>[http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/facts.html Tube Facts - Stations that it takes the longest to travel between]</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
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
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
From December 2010, off-peak Metropolitan line services to and from Amersham were reduced to two per hour,<ref name=culgmetropolitan /> with a corresponding increase in through services on the [[Chesham branch]]. This is a return to the historically normal frequency of two Metropolitan trains per hour from the four Metropolitan trains per hour service that had been operating for the previous five years. Including the Chiltern Railways services, Amersham still has four trains an hour to London in total, with extra trains from both operators at peak hours. Metropolitan line services are divided 50:50 between Amersham and Chesham.<ref name=culgmetropolitan /> This is expected to divide [[park and ride]] or [[kiss and ride]] motorist users more evenly between the two stations and help spread the load on local roads, though the change was made purely for operational reasons.<ref name="MR201012p46ff">{{cite news |title='S' stock making its mark |work=Modern Railways |location =London |page=46 |date=December 2010}}</ref>
==The station today==
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
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 |
==Services==
Services at Amersham are operated by [[Chiltern Railways]] and [[London Underground]] on the [[Metropolitan line]]. The off-peak service at the station is:
* 2 tph to [[Aldgate tube station|Aldgate]] (All Stations)
* 2 tph to [[Marylebone station|London Marylebone]]
* 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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