Editing Amersham (section)

===Railway===
[[File:Amersham tube station 1.jpg|thumb|[[Amersham station]]]]
The area of the town now known as Amersham-on-the-Hill was referred to as Amersham Common until after the arrival of the railway in 1892. After this date the growth of the new area of the town gradually accelerated, with much work being done by the architect John Kennard. It is now known as "Amersham-on-the-Hill", "Amersham Town" or the "New Town".
{{rws|Amersham}} station is a [[Terminal station|terminus]] of the [[Metropolitan line]]. Much of this route is shared with the mainline railway from {{rws|Marylebone}} to {{rws|Aylesbury}}. Before electrification, the Metropolitan line ran via Aylesbury to [[Verney Junction]] and {{rws|Brill}}. [[London Transport (brand)|London Transport]] abandoned plans to electrify beyond Amersham and the stations and line were sold to [[British Rail]]ways on 11 September 1961. To this day, these Chiltern Railways stations display a characteristic Metropolitan line architecture.

The town features in the 1973 [[John Betjeman]] documentary ''[[Metro-land (TV)|Metro-land]]'' about the growth of suburban London in the 20th century. The construction of the railway line was controversial and objections from local landowners prevented its construction until 1892. The station was built a mile to the north of the old market town and has provided the focus of Amersham-on-the-Hill ever since.<ref>{{cite book | last =Coppock | first =JT | title =The Chilterns | publisher =The Geographical Association | year =1962 }}</ref> [[Chiltern Railways]] share the railway track with London Underground and run services from Marylebone to [[Aylesbury Vale Parkway]].