Chesham tube station - 845-0507080

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, and Chesham station is 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 to Chesham, 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.HistoryThe station was opened on 8 July 1889 by the Metropolitan Railway as the company's temporary northern terminus when the railway was extended from. 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 Railways 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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