Chalfont & Latimer station

Chalfont & Latimer London Underground National Rail
Chalfont & Latimer is located in Buckinghamshire
Chalfont & Latimer
Chalfont & Latimer
Location of Chalfont & Latimer in Buckinghamshire
LocationLittle Chalfont
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Managed byLondon Underground
Station code(s)CFO
Number of platforms3 (2 in use)
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone8
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 1.77 million[2]
2020Decrease 0.82 million[3]
2021Decrease 0.74 million[4]
2022Increase 1.30 million[5]
2023Increase 1.60 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Decrease 0.849 million[7]
2020–21Decrease 0.198 million[7]
2021–22Increase 0.500 million[7]
2022–23Increase 0.709 million[7]
2023–24Increase 0.825 million[7]
Key dates
1889Opened
14 November 1966Goods yard closed
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°40′04″N 0°33′40″W / 51.6679°N 0.561°W / 51.6679; -0.561
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Chalfont & Latimer is a London Underground and National Rail station in Travelcard Zone 8 (previously zone C) on the Metropolitan line, in Buckinghamshire. It also serves the Chiltern Railways line to Aylesbury. Chalfont & Latimer station is located just before the junction for trains to Chesham. The station serves Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Latimer. It is located in Little Chalfont. It opened as "Chalfont Road" on 8 July 1889 but changed to the present name from 1 November 1915. The station is a good location to alight from to explore the Chess Valley.

History

Autotrain for Chesham leaving Chalfont & Latimer Station in 1959
Chalfont & Latimer station platform view
Listed K8 phone kiosk at Chalfont & Latimer station

Chalfont & Latimer station was formerly served by steam–hauled Metropolitan line trains with a changeover to an electric locomotive at Rickmansworth. The electrification north of Rickmansworth to Amersham and Chesham was completed in 1960, with steam trains being finally withdrawn in 1961. British Railways took over the operation of the service north of Amersham at the same time, using Class 115 diesel multiple unit trains. The station had a goods yard, which closed on 14 November 1966.[8]

From 1961, Metropolitan line trains at Chalfont & Latimer were formed of A60 and A62 Stock. Prior to 11 December 2010, the Chesham branch was served by a single four-car shuttle train (using Chalfont & Latimer station's bay platform), except for two through trains in either direction during peak periods. From 12 December 2010, the Chesham service now consists of half hourly direct services formed of eight car S Stock trains being introduced at that time. Chiltern Railways (Aylesbury-Marylebone) trains are formed by Class 165 and Class 168 diesel multiple units.

On the up, south-bound, platform there is one of the few surviving K8 telephone kiosks. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is Grade II listed[9]

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line is the only line on the London Underground to operate an express service, though currently, this is only southbound in the morning peaks and northbound in the evening peaks. Southbound fast trains run non-stop between Moor Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill and Finchley Road. Southbound semi-fast trains only run non-stop between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Finchley Road. Northbound fast and semi-fast trains call additionally at Wembley Park before running non-stop between the aforementioned stations.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:[10]

  • 4tph to Aldgate (all stations)
  • 2tph to Amersham
  • 2tph to Chesham

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:[10]

  • 4tph to Aldgate (fast)
  • 2tph to Aldgate (semi-fast)
  • 4tph to Amersham
  • 2tph to Chesham

The evening service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:[10]

  • 2tph to Baker Street (all stations)
  • 4tph to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)
  • 4tph to Amersham
  • 2tph to Chesham

Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways operate services between London Marylebone and Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Harrow-on-the-Hill station.

Harrow-on-the-Hill is Chiltern Railway's only station between London Marylebone and Rickmansworth.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:[11]

  • 2tph to London Marylebone
  • 1tph to Aylesbury
  • 1tph to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Aylesbury
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Chesham
Terminus
 Metropolitan line Chorleywood
towards Baker Street or Aldgate
Amersham
Terminus
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Amersham   Chiltern Railways
London to Aylesbury Line 		  Chorleywood

Accidents and incidents

  • On 21 June 2020, a Chiltern Railways train passed a signal at danger, stopped but then proceeded. It ran through and damaged trailing points and ended up running on the wrong line, stopping 23 metres (75 ft) short of a tube train at the station.[12] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch report[13] considered the likely cause of the incident was driver fatigue.

References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  8. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  9. ^ Historic England (31 May 2023). "K8 kiosk at Chalfont and Latimer Station (Grade II) (1484974)". National Heritage List for England.
  10. ^ a b c "CULG - Metropolitan Line". davros.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Train travels wrong way down London Tube track". BBC News. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Signal passed at danger and subsequent near-miss at Chalfont & Latimer station". Rail Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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