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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 |accessdate=1 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425101603/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/Disability-and-deaf-equality-scheme-accessible-version-2009-12.doc |archivedate=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, with work commencing in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tube station to go step-free |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15381211.Tube_station_to_go_step_free/ |website=Bucks Free Press |accessdate=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> It is due for completion in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Next six Underground stations to go step-free |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2017/june/next-six-underground-stations-to-go-step-free |website=Transport for London |accessdate=28 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==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]]
* 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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{{s-line|system=LUL|line=Metropolitan|previous=Great Missenden|next=Chalfont & Latimer|type=Aylesbury}}
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==Notes and references==
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