page_title: Chalfont & Latimer station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chalfont & Latimer station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Auto-train for Chesham leaving Chalfont &amp; Latimer Station. View westward, towards Amersham and Aylesbury on the ex-Metropolitan &amp; Great Central Joint line from London (Baker Street and Marylebone) to Aylesbury and beyond, from which the branch to Chesham turns off to the right after a mile or so. The train is made up of old Metropolitan coaches and propelled by LMS-type Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No. 41272.
context_page_description: Chalfont & Latimer is a London Underground and National Rail station in Travelcard Zone 8 on the Metropolitan line, in Buckinghamshire and the junction between the service to Amersham and Chesham. It is also on Chiltern Railways' line to Aylesbury.
  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.
context_section_description: 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electrification north of Rickmansworth to Amersham and Chesham was completed in 1960, with steam trains being finally withdrawn in 1961.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.
  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 was formed of eight cars with new S Stock trains being introduced. Chiltern Railways (Aylesbury-Marylebone) trains are formed by Class 165 and Class 168 diesel multiple units.
caption: Autotrain for Chesham leaving Chalfont & Latimer Station in 1959
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