I live opposite Aylesbury railway station. I see those trains every 15 minutes of every day. Never anything changes. No unusual coloured trains. Just tedium
Hello. I used to travel from Kings Cross to Baker Street then on to Rickmansworth on the Metropolitan Line when visiting family for 28+ years. Love this video. 🙂🙂🙂
It gets creepy when the voice says "Next stop west cementery. Last stop. All passengers please get off here.". It was the moment my second life began, the moment I realized I only had one.
Not on the tube, but... I quite like Marlow as it's a single track end of the line station, hidden away... And it's near a pub called The Marlow Donkey.
This made me get on my shoes. Walk to Feltham, get on a South Western railway train to Waterloo and currently going to Baker Street to then get a train to Amersham because it looks beautiful. Great video Geoff.
There’s two railway workers that live in a Chesham here. We’re more than happy to show you the sights 😊. Chesham is great - not only is there an exhibition on at the moment called River to Railway but there is the Lido with a train view! It’s a beautiful part of the world. Early morning trains normally have deer sightings 😃
As someone who lives across the road from the Amersham Station and can see the signal cabin from my upstairs window, I agree, it does look a little out of place. Thanks for the extra info on Amersham's relative westerly location, good trivia knowledge to have up my sleeve. What Geoff didn't say is the station is at the bottom of the shopping street and all the amenities that it offers. Old Amersham is a 30-minute walk away through Rectory Woods (left out of the station, under the bridge and then right across the road to take a footpath to the woods that has a floor plaque stating 'METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE PRIVATE PROPERTY' (see if you can spot it). Come To the end of the line at Amersham, you will not be disappointed.
You’ve finally joins the 4k club. I’d say it looks at least 4 times better. You could see every flake of rust on the stairs. Excellent viewing on my 55” Qled. More please.
I remember maybee 2 years ago I wanted to film a train for my international friends. I where on a bridge and filmed down to the tracks. Once the little video where done I checked it. The train I wanted to film where all blurry and blended into the the blurry background. The fence right infront of the camera where crisp and highquality and you could clearly see every flake of paint peeling off from the rusty fence. 😂
My grandparents lived so close to Amersham Station that, when we cleared out their house in the early ‘80s, we discovered the attic was full of soot left over from when steam engines served the line.
Used to love going to the end of the line as a kid living in Victoria, London. Went to Amersham in the early days of the A stock. Driver let me into the cab. Went from Amersham to Beconskott for a day out with mum. Went back for the first time since, only two weeks ago, to ride the '38 stock over the "north curve" to Watford and back. Arrived by car this time, I live near Buckingham now. Nostalgia inducing video.
Funnily enough we'll be travelling down from Birmingham to London in October and we already have an "end of the line" visit planned to Uxbridge. My wife's grandfather was a signaller based there, and lived in Hillingdon (where we shall also be visiting - I've never been but it'll be a memory lane trip for my wife).
I was raised in Amersham and now live in Chesham and it's great to see you come this way and share your thoughts and opinions on both stations and towns. :)
I loved the tube so much as a kid that my mum brought me to London for my birthday in the early 90s and we rode around on the Underground all day. We got to Amersham and it doesn’t look like it’s changed much in 30 years. Happy memories.
What a brilliant new series, Geoff! There really is just something about the end of a line, and I'm very much looking forward to watching you explore all of them! Thanks for your lovely work you do!
I once did a challenge where I went to every end of the line in the New York City subway. It was really fun, and it’s cool to see someone doing it in London!
Love this Geoff and thanks for making a video on Amersham. Used the station daily on my commute for years. The hanging baskets outside the station were always a highlight
When living in Bucks, especially when working in London on tour buses, Amersham was often my stepping stone onto the network. Last used it just after Christmas. Still a little unreal how you board the Tube in leafy countryside and within an hour arrive in the heart of the city.
I’ve personally grown up/growing up in Amersham and can say it is a lovely town with lots of lovely places. I have also been over that red footbridge many times as it’s a nice little walkthrough to get to places in Amersham.
Great informative video. I currently work at Hammersmith SCC but was formerly a signaller at Amersham, Rickmansworth, Edgware Rd and Hammersmith before the introduction of cbtc
Geoff, you really need to do a race the tube. To be specific race the Elizabeth line? London Charing Cross to Abbey Wood? Northern and Elizabeth vs Nation rail?
Liking the start of this brand new series, have been to Amersham once when they ran Sarah Siddons on a heritage shuttle to Harrow-on-the-Hill but didn't knew the BR/LUL boundry was further away from Amersham
There's also the foot crossing you can get to via Longfield Drive, Amersham. This is fully within TfL boundary (not the edge) though no electrified lines, and only used by Chiltern Trains but does have lineside cabling. Sine the Ongar branch was removed from the tube this is the only public foot crossing fully on the Underground (North Weald was the other).
It would be worth mentioning that London Transport also had a bus garage in Amersham (garage code MA) that transferred over to London Country on January 01st 1970. The garage stood until it was demolished in / around 1995.
My brother and I were at Amersham the other week for the 1938 tube stock running. Lovely station, there is also a small replica of Metropolitan Stream loco near the roundabout.
I've been to Amersham recently. Me and my friend went there a month ago to take a ride on the art deco tube train from 1938 which was organized by the Transport Museum. And I can agree, the area down there is quite lovely.
My girlfriend and myself still use the term 'Amersham' for a 'sneeze that tickles but never comes'. It's from the book The Meaning of Liff which gives the etymological reason that it's named after the Underground station 'Where the lines constantly rattle but the train never comes'.
I only remember a few entries; it's been a long time since I had a copy of this silly, but great fun, book. I'm kind of surprised that some of the entries never found their way into daily use - "Humber" being an obvious example.😂
Did this one on our recent holiday in London. Amersham is certainly an interesting place, and some really nice sites to see. Love the path through the woods and the old church built in 1144. We plan on doing each one of your end of the line series when we get the chances. Well done, Geoff!
Re: Four weddings and a Funeral. The Crown was where the bedroom of the pub (where Hugh and Andie's characters first spent the night together) was filmed. The interior of the pub itself was The Kings Arms just down the road. (the view out of the window, and the exterior shot, were both not Amersham).
Loved the video Geoff. Thanks as always for cheering up my day. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Don't forget Cockfosters, a particular favourite of mine & not just for the name!
There's lovely walking at the end of the Met, and being on the tube you can start from one station and finish at another. Or combine it with the Chiltern line services. I hadn't realised about that border sign, must check it out!
Brilliant Geoff. Been to Amersham heritage day from Dorset several times, saw the Metropolitan 0-4-4 tank and Sara Siddons working. A great day, and town. Keep these videos going Geoff.
Very nice one Geoff. From Swanley, zone 8, I decided to get best use I could from Oyster. I travelled via Blackfriars and Farringdon then to Chesham by Underground, walked through those woods to Amersham and eventually back via Marylebone and Victoria. Unfortunately the museum was shut that day.
Great to see you visit one of my local stations. I knew about the Mantells Wood foot crossing by Hervines Patk but not the crossing you went to. Did you not see the replica of Met No. 1 just up the road from the station? Certainly work seeing of you're in the area.
This was genuinely my first obsession as an ASC child: going to the ends of the lines by Tube to see what was there! (We drew it to an early close when we realised we’d underestimated just how far Upminster is on the already-slow District-line trains, but not before getting two expired journey(?) notices for the East London line as it was then!)
Looking forward to the rest of the series! For my part I actually completed my visits to every end station just a few months ago when I finally made it to Chesham. It's noteworthy that I visited Amersham way back in 1980 but my first ever end station was in the early 60s... Hounslow West (I was living in the North West but we had relatives who lived five minutes' walk from Osterley station) I also managed to get to Ongar in the 80s and of course I ticked off Aldwych too!
Nice to see my old stomping ground first up. I've sat in those sidings at around midnight before after falling asleep on he way out of London. And that crossing in the woods was on my school cross country route. Looking forward to Chesham.
Travelled to Amersham a lot last year to campaign in the by-election. Absolutely fell in love with the area, and I used the Tube (or the Chiltern, whichever was first) to get to my hotel in Rickmansworth.
Ahh will love that, was one of the first things I did when I moved to London, go to the end of the line (where no one normally goes). Love how they made the new footbridge blend in with the others.
A very interesting series. I'm looking forward to the next video. I live in Northern Ireland but was born in Amersham and lived in Chesham. Your video brought back memories of the station from many years ago.
I have always wondered what those far flung stations and suburbs at the end of the tube lines were like. Great idea I look forward to the rest of the series .
I did this during my first year living here in London! Going to the ends of every Tube line was, and still is, a good way to get your bearings in a new city. The only one I didn't do was the Heathrow end of the Picadilly line, because I figured security wouldn't be keen on someone going there, wandering around, taking photos, and not boarding a flight. Of them all, Amersham and Chesham were the most pleasant.
Been wanting to do this for a while, your video gave me the motivation to do it and I went today. Amersham is a nice little place and I'll go back again at some point when I have more time. It's probably the strangest "Underground" station I've ever been to as it's in the countryside. I used the bit of trivia about it being the Westernmost station in my uni lecture 👍
I was put out of my flat at the height of lockdown and stayed at a house sit in Amersham for a few weeks, it was nice to get out of London and one of my few fond memories from 2020. Great video as always Geoff!
Was always interested in the end of lines station so its great there is a new series about these stations. They deserve the attention as every other station
This is a cool idea. I've often wondered what it's like at the places at the end of the line. Only ever been to Richmond, Wimbledon and Edgware. Oh, and I think Epping once years ago when I fell asleep.
Loved this. Use the train going through to Chalfont and Latimer all the time and sometimes also Amersham. Our easy access to London is the best thing ever! 😀
When I moved to London I did something similar - however I only went up to the penultimate station of each line, then got on a train and reached the end station that way. The reason behind this is that I would never hear the "next stop is XXX where this train terminates" announcement if I went to the end station directly. Yes, I went to each one on foot, and that includes Heathrow and Theydon Bois. However in case of the Metropolitan I only went up to Moor Park to explore all those far-away branches.
Amersham was the first underground station i went to. Seem to remember it took a long time to get into London. Good series Geoff looking forward to the next ones
I was over in Amersham about three years ago on a vintage train that coincided with a heritage festival in the old town with vintage buses running to the Old Town and all manner of steam engine and vintage cars, it was a brilliant place! 😁 Ended up in a pub there chatting to locals who bought me pints all night as it was my birthday, wonderful group of folks, must get back there some day 😁
I used to travel to Amersham during (and after) WW2 to visit relations. The electric train stopped at Rickmansworth and we waited in the compartment while a steam engine was attached to the front for the onward route to Aylesbury.
When I was a student a few years ago, on the weekend, I used to go to the end of the line then go walking to the end of the next line round. I'd try to loop out into countryside where possible. It is a good way to get some exercise. That was before youtube.
Really enjoyed that video Geoff. Couple of bits in it I didn't know though. You forgot to mention though the charming half scale wooden model of Met 1 down the end of the main road that ends at the station. Lovely little exhibit and if you're out that way it's well worth a walk up to!
This video brings back fond memories of Amersham and the station as it is my home away from home station when I visit (from the US) my aunt in nearby Coleshill. My aunt prefers to get on the mainline Chiltern train into Marylebone, but I prefer the clackety-clack of the Met stock.
The Westernmost point of the Underground part at 2:13 was also mentioned in the 'Secrets of the Metropolitan Line' video back in 2014. Nice to see more facts around here and I bet this will be a great series
Not strictly Amersham-related but, as a kid, I remember going back to Chesham to visit relatives. Coming back, we'd change at Chalfont and Latimer and wait for the London-bound train. It was a real treat through my young eyes if the timing worked so we got a DMU into Marylebone. First of all, they were fast! But they also had a glass window between the driver's cab and the passenger compartment in the first coach, so you had a driver's eye view down the track. Magic!
Can't believe they FINALLY finished the lift. Haven't been to the station for ages. There were plans of dismantling what the already had started coz "fundings" had either run out or been cut.
Great promise from your new series, Geoff! Love it! Some fascinating facts about Amersham, which I didn't know...and this is my closest Underground station! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
You'll have fun with the end-of-the-line-that-isn't-actually places elsewhere on the network. Just in the Northwest, we have Harrow and Wealdstone and the Watford was/almost was/could have been such as the old Bakerloo terminus at Watford Junction, the Croxley Link and the Met station that's a pub.
I went to Amersham once, only because I fell asleep and missed my stop; should have got off at Preston Road, but then went all the way out on my Zone 1-4 travel card. Hopped over the bridge to the other side and went back again 😁
underrated station ! 🚆
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Ah, that's HOT, that's HOT.
Its underratedness matches the unexpectedness of this comment 😂
4:50 Geoff's excitement at the Chiltern train was the best thing ever 😄
I live opposite Aylesbury railway station. I see those trains every 15 minutes of every day. Never anything changes. No unusual coloured trains. Just tedium
Came here to say this.
Similar to the excitement of the dog at seeing Geoff. Must be a subscriber! 😄
Chiltern train horn
Geoff surprised Pikachu face
4:53 Feel the speed the SPEEDDD
That's because it was probably a great edit. We didn't actually see the train.
We are definitely here for more series like this. Thank you Geoff!
Yes, I always enjoy the videos
Hopefully it’s not just tube and mainline as well😊
Hello. I used to travel from Kings Cross to Baker Street then on to Rickmansworth on the Metropolitan Line when visiting family for 28+ years. Love this video. 🙂🙂🙂
End stations always have a certain vibe that I love. They often feel more relaxed, especially if its a somewhat rural/suburban area
Morden?
It gets creepy when the voice says "Next stop west cementery. Last stop. All passengers please get off here.".
It was the moment my second life began, the moment I realized I only had one.
What about Bank/Waterloo on the drain
Quant and old worldly, fantastic. I expected Poirot and Hastings to walk onto the station.
Not on the tube, but... I quite like Marlow as it's a single track end of the line station, hidden away...
And it's near a pub called The Marlow Donkey.
The end of the line for the dlr seems a bit silly but also fun to do in a day.
Imagine the Waterloo & City line! 🤣
I think if you try to do that one you get an error. Used to be you'd get a divide by zero for the circle line but then they turned it into a skillet.
Bank 😊
@@EdwardMason9000 that line is my favourite, but it’s awfully long for how short the between two place is
@@AlRoderick even before 2009 the end of the circle line was probably edgware road
Another London rail series by Geoff makes me happy.
This made me get on my shoes. Walk to Feltham, get on a South Western railway train to Waterloo and currently going to Baker Street to then get a train to Amersham because it looks beautiful. Great video Geoff.
There’s two railway workers that live in a Chesham here. We’re more than happy to show you the sights 😊. Chesham is great - not only is there an exhibition on at the moment called River to Railway but there is the Lido with a train view! It’s a beautiful part of the world. Early morning trains normally have deer sightings 😃
You can also get them midday
had a few going home from school
This series is a great idea! I can't wait to see you do High Barnet. Was my local tube stop when I used to live in London. Very nostalgic!
I’ve always wondered about the extremities of the Tube Map and I’m happy to see this Series! The title card is fab as always 👏🏽
As someone who lives across the road from the Amersham Station and can see the signal cabin from my upstairs window, I agree, it does look a little out of place. Thanks for the extra info on Amersham's relative westerly location, good trivia knowledge to have up my sleeve. What Geoff didn't say is the station is at the bottom of the shopping street and all the amenities that it offers. Old Amersham is a 30-minute walk away through Rectory Woods (left out of the station, under the bridge and then right across the road to take a footpath to the woods that has a floor plaque stating 'METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE PRIVATE PROPERTY' (see if you can spot it). Come To the end of the line at Amersham, you will not be disappointed.
The hill from Old Amersham back to the tube station though....
@@DerickRethansXdebug that works.....very much optional which direction you go....
@@DerickRethansXdebug The Martyrs Memorial is an interesting diversion if you walk up past the field!
What a series! Thanks Geoff from Italy, you allow me to travel on railways that I don't have.
Come and visit the U.K. it’s not as bad as you think. Mostly…
You’ve finally joins the 4k club. I’d say it looks at least 4 times better. You could see every flake of rust on the stairs. Excellent viewing on my 55” Qled. More please.
I remember maybee 2 years ago I wanted to film a train for my international friends. I where on a bridge and filmed down to the tracks. Once the little video where done I checked it. The train I wanted to film where all blurry and blended into the the blurry background. The fence right infront of the camera where crisp and highquality and you could clearly see every flake of paint peeling off from the rusty fence. 😂
I used to live in Aylesbury and so used to go through Amersham all the time. Thank you for showing us these gems.
My grandparents lived so close to Amersham Station that, when we cleared out their house in the early ‘80s, we discovered the attic was full of soot left over from when steam engines served the line.
Used to love going to the end of the line as a kid living in Victoria, London. Went to Amersham in the early days of the A stock. Driver let me into the cab. Went from Amersham to Beconskott for a day out with mum. Went back for the first time since, only two weeks ago, to ride the '38 stock over the "north curve" to Watford and back. Arrived by car this time, I live near Buckingham now. Nostalgia inducing video.
Funnily enough we'll be travelling down from Birmingham to London in October and we already have an "end of the line" visit planned to Uxbridge. My wife's grandfather was a signaller based there, and lived in Hillingdon (where we shall also be visiting - I've never been but it'll be a memory lane trip for my wife).
Great series Geoff. Please do this for every TFL line!
I was raised in Amersham and now live in Chesham and it's great to see you come this way and share your thoughts and opinions on both stations and towns. :)
Loved this, I went to school in Amersham and grew up in Chesham. They're both lovely stations though the history of Chesham makes it my favorite.
I loved the tube so much as a kid that my mum brought me to London for my birthday in the early 90s and we rode around on the Underground all day. We got to Amersham and it doesn’t look like it’s changed much in 30 years. Happy memories.
The childish excitement on Geoff’s face when the horn blows never gets old
He was, in part, happy that his wait was so short.
What a brilliant new series, Geoff! There really is just something about the end of a line, and I'm very much looking forward to watching you explore all of them! Thanks for your lovely work you do!
I once did a challenge where I went to every end of the line in the New York City subway. It was really fun, and it’s cool to see someone doing it in London!
1:25 I cannot BELIEVE how seamless that cut was, well done Geoff!
This is a great idea. I look forward to the rest of this series. You can learn so much doing trips like this!
Love this Geoff and thanks for making a video on Amersham. Used the station daily on my commute for years. The hanging baskets outside the station were always a highlight
When living in Bucks, especially when working in London on tour buses, Amersham was often my stepping stone onto the network. Last used it just after Christmas. Still a little unreal how you board the Tube in leafy countryside and within an hour arrive in the heart of the city.
Amersham is indeed a beautiful station.
I’ve personally grown up/growing up in Amersham and can say it is a lovely town with lots of lovely places. I have also been over that red footbridge many times as it’s a nice little walkthrough to get to places in Amersham.
Great to see you're back on track! Fun to watch, keep going Geoff!
Great informative video. I currently work at Hammersmith SCC but was formerly a signaller at Amersham, Rickmansworth, Edgware Rd and Hammersmith before the introduction of cbtc
Geoff, you really need to do a race the tube. To be specific race the Elizabeth line? London Charing Cross to Abbey Wood? Northern and Elizabeth vs Nation rail?
Liking the start of this brand new series, have been to Amersham once when they ran Sarah Siddons on a heritage shuttle to Harrow-on-the-Hill but didn't knew the BR/LUL boundry was further away from Amersham
There's also the foot crossing you can get to via Longfield Drive, Amersham. This is fully within TfL boundary (not the edge) though no electrified lines, and only used by Chiltern Trains but does have lineside cabling. Sine the Ongar branch was removed from the tube this is the only public foot crossing fully on the Underground (North Weald was the other).
Amersham is where my grandparents live. I spent many nights getting used to the trains rattle past but it has the nicest cafe stand i have met.
It would be worth mentioning that London Transport also had a bus garage in Amersham (garage code MA) that transferred over to London Country on January 01st 1970. The garage stood until it was demolished in / around 1995.
I do hope there's a special Waterloo and City line double bill!
Brilliant start to this series. Went Amersham last year and it’s quite a peaceful town in the Chilterns
What a gear idea Geoff. I love Amersham (and Chesham)
I used to cross over that second footbridge often to go to a friend's house at lunch when I went to the local school there. Good memories.
My brother and I were at Amersham the other week for the 1938 tube stock running. Lovely station, there is also a small replica of Metropolitan Stream loco near the roundabout.
I love this idea of a series!
Thanks
As a Met line driver, I regularly go into those sidings 😎
I've been to Amersham recently. Me and my friend went there a month ago to take a ride on the art deco tube train from 1938 which was organized by the Transport Museum. And I can agree, the area down there is quite lovely.
Loved this video Geoff! I'm so excited for the rest of this series and yes maybe I will take a ride to Amersham this weekend.
My girlfriend and myself still use the term 'Amersham' for a 'sneeze that tickles but never comes'. It's from the book The Meaning of Liff which gives the etymological reason that it's named after the Underground station 'Where the lines constantly rattle but the train never comes'.
By the great, lamented Douglas Adams and the merely fantastic John Lloyd. ;)
I believe "Shoeburyness" is "the feeling of sitting on a toilet seat that is still warm from the previous user".
I only remember a few entries; it's been a long time since I had a copy of this silly, but great fun, book. I'm kind of surprised that some of the entries never found their way into daily use - "Humber" being an obvious example.😂
The book available on that site called Am....n prices start under a fiver - I'm ordering one because it sounds like a good read! ;-)
Did this one on our recent holiday in London. Amersham is certainly an interesting place, and some really nice sites to see. Love the path through the woods and the old church built in 1144. We plan on doing each one of your end of the line series when we get the chances. Well done, Geoff!
Re: Four weddings and a Funeral. The Crown was where the bedroom of the pub (where Hugh and Andie's characters first spent the night together) was filmed. The interior of the pub itself was The Kings Arms just down the road. (the view out of the window, and the exterior shot, were both not Amersham).
Definitely here for more Geoff, loved that. Never knew there was a museum in Amersham, so will be paying that a visit in the future for sure
Loved the video Geoff. Thanks as always for cheering up my day. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Don't forget Cockfosters, a particular favourite of mine & not just for the name!
There's lovely walking at the end of the Met, and being on the tube you can start from one station and finish at another. Or combine it with the Chiltern line services.
I hadn't realised about that border sign, must check it out!
Brilliant Geoff. Been to Amersham heritage day from Dorset several times, saw the Metropolitan 0-4-4 tank and Sara Siddons working. A great day, and town. Keep these videos going Geoff.
Have also run up the steps at 01:20 many times commuting, before I moved into the city, super nostalgic seeing it here
I've never even looked at Upminster on Google maps so I look forward to your inevitable visit!
Very nice one Geoff. From Swanley, zone 8, I decided to get best use I could from Oyster. I travelled via Blackfriars and Farringdon then to Chesham by Underground, walked through those woods to Amersham and eventually back via Marylebone and Victoria. Unfortunately the museum was shut that day.
Great to see you visit one of my local stations. I knew about the Mantells Wood foot crossing by Hervines Patk but not the crossing you went to. Did you not see the replica of Met No. 1 just up the road from the station? Certainly work seeing of you're in the area.
This was genuinely my first obsession as an ASC child: going to the ends of the lines by Tube to see what was there!
(We drew it to an early close when we realised we’d underestimated just how far Upminster is on the already-slow District-line trains, but not before getting two expired journey(?) notices for the East London line as it was then!)
Looking forward to the rest of the series! For my part I actually completed my visits to every end station just a few months ago when I finally made it to Chesham. It's noteworthy that I visited Amersham way back in 1980 but my first ever end station was in the early 60s... Hounslow West (I was living in the North West but we had relatives who lived five minutes' walk from Osterley station) I also managed to get to Ongar in the 80s and of course I ticked off Aldwych too!
Nice to see my old stomping ground first up. I've sat in those sidings at around midnight before after falling asleep on he way out of London. And that crossing in the woods was on my school cross country route. Looking forward to Chesham.
Challoners?
Travelled to Amersham a lot last year to campaign in the by-election. Absolutely fell in love with the area, and I used the Tube (or the Chiltern, whichever was first) to get to my hotel in Rickmansworth.
Ahh will love that, was one of the first things I did when I moved to London, go to the end of the line (where no one normally goes). Love how they made the new footbridge blend in with the others.
A very interesting series. I'm looking forward to the next video.
I live in Northern Ireland but was born in Amersham and lived in Chesham. Your video brought back memories of the station from many years ago.
I have always wondered what those far flung stations and suburbs at the end of the tube lines were like. Great idea I look forward to the rest of the series .
Me too.
I did this during my first year living here in London! Going to the ends of every Tube line was, and still is, a good way to get your bearings in a new city. The only one I didn't do was the Heathrow end of the Picadilly line, because I figured security wouldn't be keen on someone going there, wandering around, taking photos, and not boarding a flight. Of them all, Amersham and Chesham were the most pleasant.
Been wanting to do this for a while, your video gave me the motivation to do it and I went today. Amersham is a nice little place and I'll go back again at some point when I have more time.
It's probably the strangest "Underground" station I've ever been to as it's in the countryside. I used the bit of trivia about it being the Westernmost station in my uni lecture 👍
I was put out of my flat at the height of lockdown and stayed at a house sit in Amersham for a few weeks, it was nice to get out of London and one of my few fond memories from 2020. Great video as always Geoff!
This is going to be a great series Geoff! Cheers bud!
When the world needed him most! Geoff is the best
Was always interested in the end of lines station so its great there is a new series about these stations. They deserve the attention as every other station
This is a cool idea. I've often wondered what it's like at the places at the end of the line. Only ever been to Richmond, Wimbledon and Edgware. Oh, and I think Epping once years ago when I fell asleep.
Just finished the end of the line playlist. Can't wait for more of these! 😊
Loved this. Use the train going through to Chalfont and Latimer all the time and sometimes also Amersham. Our easy access to London is the best thing ever! 😀
When I moved to London I did something similar - however I only went up to the penultimate station of each line, then got on a train and reached the end station that way. The reason behind this is that I would never hear the "next stop is XXX where this train terminates" announcement if I went to the end station directly. Yes, I went to each one on foot, and that includes Heathrow and Theydon Bois. However in case of the Metropolitan I only went up to Moor Park to explore all those far-away branches.
Amersham was the first underground station i went to. Seem to remember it took a long time to get into London. Good series Geoff looking forward to the next ones
Brilliant, I live in Australia these days but my family and I used to visit Amersham on a day out, good memories. Excellent photography too!👍
My grandparents lived in amersham, and crossed over that footbridge many a time but could never see over it! Happy memories 😊
I was over in Amersham about three years ago on a vintage train that coincided with a heritage festival in the old town with vintage buses running to the Old Town and all manner of steam engine and vintage cars, it was a brilliant place! 😁 Ended up in a pub there chatting to locals who bought me pints all night as it was my birthday, wonderful group of folks, must get back there some day 😁
Keep up the good work Geoff. We appreciate you 👍
I used to travel to Amersham during (and after) WW2 to visit relations. The electric train stopped at Rickmansworth and we waited in the compartment while a steam engine was attached to the front for the onward route to Aylesbury.
When I was a student a few years ago, on the weekend, I used to go to the end of the line then go walking to the end of the next line round. I'd try to loop out into countryside where possible. It is a good way to get some exercise. That was before youtube.
Really enjoyed that video Geoff. Couple of bits in it I didn't know though. You forgot to mention though the charming half scale wooden model of Met 1 down the end of the main road that ends at the station. Lovely little exhibit and if you're out that way it's well worth a walk up to!
i know right, and i must have walked right past it .. ooops!!!! :-)
Start of a great series Geoff, look forward to more episodes soon.
I'm going to enjoy this series.
This video brings back fond memories of Amersham and the station as it is my home away from home station when I visit (from the US) my aunt in nearby Coleshill. My aunt prefers to get on the mainline Chiltern train into Marylebone, but I prefer the clackety-clack of the Met stock.
What a great idea for a series. I grew up in Chesham but have used Amersham station many times as well. I didn’t know about the boundary.
The Westernmost point of the Underground part at 2:13 was also mentioned in the 'Secrets of the Metropolitan Line' video back in 2014. Nice to see more facts around here and I bet this will be a great series
Not strictly Amersham-related but, as a kid, I remember going back to Chesham to visit relatives. Coming back, we'd change at Chalfont and Latimer and wait for the London-bound train. It was a real treat through my young eyes if the timing worked so we got a DMU into Marylebone. First of all, they were fast! But they also had a glass window between the driver's cab and the passenger compartment in the first coach, so you had a driver's eye view down the track. Magic!
Looking forward to you doing Uxbridge, lovely station.
I live in Pinner snd I've always been wanting explore Amersham. Definitely gonna do that walk when I do.
Can't believe they FINALLY finished the lift. Haven't been to the station for ages. There were plans of dismantling what the already had started coz "fundings" had either run out or been cut.
Great promise from your new series, Geoff! Love it! Some fascinating facts about Amersham, which I didn't know...and this is my closest Underground station! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Very cool. This is what this channel excels at
Great video, I live in the Midlands and often drive into Amersham then use this station to go into London.
This was lovely! I can't wait for the rest of the series!
This is something I’ve been hoping you’d do, Cheers Geoff!
You'll have fun with the end-of-the-line-that-isn't-actually places elsewhere on the network. Just in the Northwest, we have Harrow and Wealdstone and the Watford was/almost was/could have been such as the old Bakerloo terminus at Watford Junction, the Croxley Link and the Met station that's a pub.
I went to Amersham once, only because I fell asleep and missed my stop; should have got off at Preston Road, but then went all the way out on my Zone 1-4 travel card. Hopped over the bridge to the other side and went back again 😁