Content deleted Content added
Added interest fact that it is the highest station on the network. |
small citation adjustment |
||
Line 53:
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=
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>
| |||