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Peter Beale · October 15th 03, 10:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Jonathan Osborne) wrote:

Anyone have pictures of these stations or any information? Also, any
pictures of the tube stations that used to be beyond Amersham
(Aylesbury, et
al)? Seems like those were killed much earlier, around 1960. Kind of
fascinating stuff.

Strictly speaking not "tube", although this is increasingly used to describe the whole London Underground system, not just the deep-bored
lines. The Metropolitan used to run out to Aylesbury (not to mention Verney Junction and Brill, but that's a different story), with teak carriages
hauled by electric locomotives as far as Rickmansworth, then steam (latterly supplied by LNER/BR). When electrification was extended to
Amersham new electric multiple-unit stock was provided, and the Underground no longer served Amersham to Aylesbury.

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Peter Beale