Amersham station

Amersham London Underground National Rail
Station entrance
Amersham is located in Buckinghamshire
Amersham
Amersham
Location of Amersham in Buckinghamshire
LocationAmersham
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Managed byLondon Underground[1]
Station code(s)AMR
Number of platforms3
AccessibleYes[2]
Fare zone9
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 2.35 million[3]
2020Decrease 0.86 million[4]
2021Increase 0.95 million[5]
2022Increase 1.66 million[6]
2023Increase 1.73 million[7]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 1.992 million[8]
2019–20Increase 2.067 million[8]
2020–21Decrease 0.451 million[8]
2021–22Increase 1.140 million[8]
2022–23Increase 1.563 million[8]
Key dates
1892Opened
4 July 1966Goods yard closed[9]
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°40′26″N 0°36′25″W / 51.674°N 0.607°W / 51.674; -0.607
London transport portal

Amersham is a London Underground station in the market town of Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England which is also used by National Rail services.

Amersham station is a terminus of the London Underground's Metropolitan line.[2] 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 Chesham.[10] It is in Travelcard Zone 9[2] (previously zone D).

The station has the highest elevation on the entire London Underground network at 147m above sea-level, higher than Big Ben tower.[11]

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 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.[12]

  1. ^ National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Amersham
  2. ^ a b c Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  9. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London: London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  10. ^ OpenStreetMap
  11. ^ "The London Underground station that's so high up it would tower over Big Ben". www.msn.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Tube Facts – Stations that it takes the longest to travel between". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.