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Amersham London Underground National Rail
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Station entrance
Location Amersham
Local authority District of Chiltern
Managed by London Underground
Station code AMR
Number of platforms 3
Accessible Yes  (Southbound only)
Fare zone 9
Key dates
1892 Opened
4 July 1966 Goods yard closed
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Amersham station is a railway station serving Amersham in Buckinghamshire. It is in Travelcard Zone 9 (previously zone D).

Amerhsam Station is a terminus of the Metropolitan Line branch of the London Underground. It is situated 23.7 miles (38.1 km) north west of Charing Cross and is the second most westerly station on the whole London Underground system, after Chesham

Amersham Station is also served by Chiltern Railways, which runs trains between London Marylebone and Aylesbury. From Aylesbury a shuttle service to Princes Risborough provides access to through services between Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill. The journey times to Central London range between 33 and 60 minutes.

Ticket barriers are in operation.

Services

Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
Terminus Metropolitan line
Chalfont & Latimer
towards Baker Street or Aldgate
National Rail
Great Missenden   Chiltern Railways
Aylesbury route		   Chalfont & Latimer
Disused railways
Great Missenden   Metropolitan Line
Until 1961		   Chalfont & Latimer

Gallery

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    Amersham Station Entrance

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    Amersham Station Entrance

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    Amersham Station Platform Roundel

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    Amersham Station Platforms

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    Amersham Station Platforms

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    Amersham Station Platforms

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    Amersham Station Platforms


  • Train times and station information for Amersham station from National Rail


  • Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st Edition ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.



Images for kids

  • Amersham with Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train geograph-2722765-by-Ben-Brooksbank

    Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train in 1959

  • Amersham Station after a night of snow, with new S type stock in the sidings - panoramio

    Platform view

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