Amersham Station

Address: Station Approach, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP6 5AZ
Opened: 1st September 1892
Station Code: AME
Fare Zone: 9

London Underground Line(s) Served:

Metropolitan Line

Service Pattern(s):

2 Trains Per Hour to Aldgate

Interchange(s)

National Rail (Chiltern Railways)

Station History

Amersham was opened by the Metropolitan Railway as one of the stations on their new extension from Chalfont Road to Aylesbury on 1st September 1892.

The station moved into joint ownership with the Great Central Railway when they opened their extension to Marylebone and began stopping here on 16th March 1899.

To better reflect the service provided to the local area, the station was renamed Amersham & Chesham Bois on 12th March 1922.

With the passing of the Railways Act 1921, the Great Central Railway was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway on 1st January 1923. This was followed on 1st July 1933 by the Metropolitan Railway becoming part of the London Passenger Transport Board. Under the LPTB, the station’s name reverted back to Amersham in 1937.

Nationalisation of the railways on 1st January 1948 saw the LNER come under the control of British Railways Eastern Region before transferring to the London Midland Region in 1958.

Electrification of the line from Rickmansworth to Amersham occurred on 12th September 1960, finally completing plans formulated over thirty years earlier. London Underground ordered new rolling stock to operate the new services which were named after Amersham, the A60 Stock.

National Rail services through the station were sectorised in 1982 and became part of the London & Southeast Sector, later becoming Network Southeast. Privatisation followed in the early 1990s and these services were assumed by Chiltern Railways.

Due to financial constraints Transport for London, who had become the new operator of London Underground, decided to stop work on a project to make Amersham (along with five other stations) step-free in 2009. Eight years later funding was granted for the scheme and the work, commencing in 2018 was completed in February 2021.