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{{short description|London Underground and railway station}}
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{{Infobox London station
| name = Chalfont & Latimer
| symbol = underground|symbol2=rail
| image_name=Chalfont & Latimer station building.JPG
| manager = [[London Underground]]
| fare_zone = 8
| locale = [[Little Chalfont]]
| borough = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
| events1 =Opened
| years1=1889
| events2 =Goods yard closed
| years2=14 November 1966
| platforms= 3 (2 in use)
| railcode=CFO
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'''Chalfont & Latimer''' is a [[London Underground]] and [[National Rail]] [[railway station|station]] in [[London fare zone 8]] (previously zone C) on the [[Metropolitan line]], in [[Buckinghamshire]].
It also serves the [[Chiltern Railways]] line to [[Aylesbury]]. Chalfont & Latimer station is located just before the junction for trains to [[Chesham]].
The station serves [[Chalfont St Giles]], [[Chalfont St Peter]], [[Little Chalfont]] and [[Latimer, Buckinghamshire|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]].

==History==
[[File:Chalfont & Latimer Station geograph-2206792.jpg|thumb|left|[[Autotrain]] for Chesham leaving Chalfont & Latimer Station in 1959]]
[[File:Chalfont & Latimer station 2023.jpg|thumb|Chalfont & Latimer station platform view]]
[[File:K8 kiosk at Chalfont.jpg|thumb|upright|Listed K8 phone kiosk at Chalfont & Latimer station]]
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north of [[Rickmansworth]] to Amersham and Chesham was completed in 1960, with steam trains being finally withdrawn in 1961.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 [[British Rail Class 115|Class 115]] diesel multiple unit trains.  The station had a goods yard, which closed on 14 November 1966.<ref name="UN591">{{cite journal | title=How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago | journal=Underground News | date=March 2011 | issue=591 | pages=175–183 | editor1-first=Brian | editor1-last=Hardy | publisher=London Underground Railway Society | issn=0306-8617}}</ref>

From 1961, Metropolitan line trains at Chalfont & Latimer were formed of [[London Underground A60 Stock|A60 and A62 Stock]]. Prior to 11 December 2010, the {{stl|London Underground|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 now consists of half hourly direct services formed of eight car [[London Underground S7 and S8 Stock|S Stock]] trains being introduced at that time. Chiltern Railways (Aylesbury-Marylebone) trains are formed by [[British Rail Class 165|Class 165]] and [[British Rail Class 168|Class 168]] diesel multiple units.

On the up, south-bound, platform there is one of the few surviving [[Red telephone box#Modernisation – K7 & K8|K8 telephone kiosk]]s. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is [[Grade II listed]]<ref>{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=K8 kiosk at Chalfont and Latimer Station|num=1484974|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==Services==
===Metropolitan line===
The Metropolitan line is the only line on the London Underground to operate an express service, though currently, this is only southbound in the morning peaks and northbound in the evening peaks. Southbound fast trains run non-stop between Moor Park, [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-on-the-Hill]] and [[Finchley Road]]. Southbound semi-fast trains only run non-stop between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Finchley Road. Northbound fast and semi-fast trains call additionally at Wembley Park before running non-stop between the aforementioned stations.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:<ref name="davros.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services|title=CULG - Metropolitan Line|website=davros.org|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406192725/http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services|archive-date=6 April 2015}}</ref>
*4tph to Aldgate (all stations)
*2tph to Amersham
*2tph to Chesham

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:<ref name="davros.org"/>
*4tph to Aldgate (fast)
*2tph to Aldgate (semi-fast)
*4tph to Amersham
*2tph to Chesham

The evening service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:<ref name="davros.org"/>
*2tph to Baker Street (all stations)
*4tph to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)
*4tph to Amersham
*2tph to Chesham

===Chiltern Railways===
Chiltern Railways operate services between [[London Marylebone]] and [[Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station|Aylesbury Vale Parkway]] via [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station]].

Harrow-on-the-Hill is Chiltern Railway's only station between London Marylebone and [[Rickmansworth]].

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/amersham-guide.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070349/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/amersham-guide.pdf |archive-date=3 August 2016 }}</ref>
*2tph to London Marylebone
*1tph to Aylesbury
*1tph to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Aylesbury
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=London Underground
|line1=Metropolitan|left1=Chesham|right1=Chorleywood|to-left1=Chesham
|line2=Metropolitan|left2=Amersham|right2=Chorleywood|to-left2=Amersham
|system3=National Rail
|note-row3=
{{rail line|previous={{stl|London Underground|Amersham}}|next={{stl|London Underground|Chorleywood}}|route=[[Chiltern Railways]]<br><small>[[London to Aylesbury Line]]</small>|col={{Chiltern colour}}}}
}}

==Accidents and incidents==
*On 21 June 2020, a Chiltern Railways train [[signal passed at danger|passed a signal at danger]], stopped but then proceeded. It ran through and damaged trailing points and ended up running on the wrong line, stopping {{convert|23|m|ft}} short of a tube train at the station.<ref name=BBC53150748>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53150748 |title=Train travels wrong way down London Tube track |work=BBC News |date=23 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>  The [[Rail Accident Investigation Branch]] report<ref name=RAIB>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-04-slash-2021-signal-passed-at-danger-and-subsequent-near-miss-chalfont-and-latimer-station |title=Signal passed at danger and subsequent near-miss at Chalfont & Latimer station |publisher=Rail Accident Investigation Branch |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> considered the likely cause of the incident was driver fatigue.

==References==
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