Chesham tube station
Chesham 
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Station entrance
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 Chesham
Location of Chesham in Buckinghamshire
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| Location | Chesham |
| Local authority | District of Chiltern |
| Grid reference | SP960016 |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 9 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 0.65 million |
| 2013 |
0.69 million |
| 2014 |
0.81 million |
| 2015 |
0.88 million |
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| 1889 | Opened |
| 1966 | Goods yard closed |
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| WGS84 | 51°42′19″N 0°36′41″W / 51.7052°N 0.6113°WCoordinates: 51°42′19″N 0°36′41″W / 51.7052°N 0.6113°W |
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Chesham is a London Underground station in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It is served by the Metropolitan line and is the terminus and only station on the Chesham branch, which runs from Chalfont & Latimer. The station is in London fare Zone 9 (previously zone D). The station was opened on 8 July 1889 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR). It is a Grade II listed building.
The distance between Chesham and Chalfont & Latimer is the longest between adjacent stations on the whole London Underground network at 3.89 miles (6.26 km), and Chesham station is 25 miles (40 km) north-west of Charing Cross, making it the furthest London Underground station from central London. It is both the northernmost and westernmost London Underground Station.
On 16 and 17 August 2014 the branch line celebrated its 125th anniversary of operating. It was celebrated using London Underground's first steam locomotive, Metropolitan 1. It ran from Rickmansworth to Chesham (with the first and last service of each day starting or ending at Harrow-on-the-Hill to allow stabling of the set at Ruislip), meaning that the line from Chalfont and Latimer to Chesham had to be closed for a period of time to allow for the special service.
The station was opened on 8 July 1889 by the Metropolitan Railway as the company's temporary northern terminus when the railway was extended from Rickmansworth. The line had been intended to cross the Chilterns and connect to main line companies serving the north.
From Chesham the line would have continued north to connect to the London and North Western Railway's Euston-Birmingham line at Tring. However, before work was begun, the MR chose an alternative route across the Chilterns via Aylesbury. The line to Chesham was retained as a branch from the new route and construction began in late 1887. Although the MR continued to buy land between Chesham and Tring for some years after the station's opening, the route was never extended further.
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