page_title: Amersham station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Amersham station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train at Amersham. View eastward, towards London: ex-Metropolitan &amp; Great Central Joint line, Baker Street - Aylesbury by Met., Marylebone - Leicester - Sheffield by GC. The ex-GC 'London Extension' main line had been taken over by the LMR in 1958 and was rapidly run down, to be closed entirely in 1966: meanwhile ex-LMS motive-power was substituted for ex-LNER locomotives. Here ex-LMS Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 45215 (built 1935, withdrawn 10/67) is working the 13.30 stopping-train from Marylebone, which at that time called at several LT stations including Amersham. The station has typical Metropolitan architecture and of course London Transport nameboards.
context_page_description: Amersham is a London Underground and National Rail station in Amersham in the Chiltern district of Buckinghamshire, England.
  Amersham station is a terminus of the London Underground's Metropolitan line. It is 23.7 miles 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 Chesham. It is in Travelcard Zone 9.
  Amersham station is also served by Chiltern Railways, which run 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 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.
context_section_description: The station was opened on 1 September 1892 as part of the Metropolitan Railway (Met) extension from Chalfont Road (now Chalfont & Latimer) to Aylesbury. On 12 March 1922, its name was changed to "Amersham & Chesham Bois", but the original name was restored during 1937.
  From 16 March 1899, the Great Central Railway served the station through its extension to Marylebone. Consequently, the station became joint Met/GCR owned. On 1 January 1923, the GCR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) as part of the Railways Act 1921, and on 1 July 1933, the Met became part of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB), thus becoming the Metropolitan line of the London Underground. On 1 January 1948, the LNER was nationalised, its share of the station initially coming under the control of the Eastern Region of British Railways, before being transferred to the London Midland Region in 1958.
  On 12 September 1960, the tracks from Rickmansworth to Amersham were electrified, partially fulfilling plans first proposed some thirty years earlier. The rolling stock ordered by London Underground as part of this project, the A60 stock, is named after Amersham.
caption: Marylebone - Woodford Halse stopping train in 1959
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