Chesham tube station

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Chesham lies at the end of the Chesham branch of the Metropolitan line, and opened 8 July 1889 as the original northern terminus of the Metropolitan Railway from Baker Street. There is no station starter signal at Chesham. The branch has no intermediate stops and is the longest distance between adjacent stations on the network at 3.89 miles (6.26 km) [link].

There are two 8-car through trains to Aldgate (during the morning rush hour) and two returning through trains in the evening rush hour but for most of the day a 4-car train operates as a shuttle service to and from Chalfont & Latimer station, on the main line to Amersham and Aylesbury.

The station is in Travelcard Zone D and is situated 25 miles (40.2 km) north west of Charing Cross.

History

There had been an intention to extend the branch onwards to Tring and make a connection to the LNWR Euston–Birmingham line. Land for the purpose was bought along the proposed line of route (for some time there was a gap in the houses along Victoria Road where the railway line was supposed to have run, and pieces of what appears to be concrete embankment are still visible today), but no further progress was made, and with the extension of the main line onwards from Chalfont and Latimer towards Amersham the idea was abandoned.

There was a goods yard beyond the current site of the station; this now largely serves as the car park for the town's Waitrose.

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External links

[Chesham tube station] on Placeopedia

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