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Chorleywood
ChorleywoodLocation of Chorleywood in Hertfordshire
Location	Chorleywood
Local authority	District of Three Rivers
Managed by	London Underground
Station code(s)	CLW
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	7
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	1.49 million
2020	0.77 million
2021	0.80 million
2022	1.34 million
2023	1.46 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.557 million
2020–21	0.128 million
2021–22	0.336 million
2022–23	0.455 million
2023–24	0.518 million
Key dates
1889	Opened
14 November 1966	Goods yard closed
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°39′15″N 0°31′06″W / 51.6542°N 0.5183°W / 51.6542; -0.5183
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Chorleywood is a London Underground and National Rail station in Travelcard Zone 7 (previously zone B) on the Metropolitan line. The village of Chorleywood is in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire about 20 miles (32 km) from London. Chorleywood station is also served by Chiltern Railways, which runs trains from London Marylebone station through to Aylesbury.

History

The station was built by expanding the local train station and was opened as "Chorley Wood" in July 1889. The name was changed to "Chorley Wood & Chenies" in November 1915 until 1934 when it reverted to the original name until 1965. The present name has existed since then. Chorleywood station was formerly served by steam-hauled Metropolitan line trains from Aylesbury to London, with a changeover to an electric locomotive at Rickmansworth. Steam trains were withdrawn in 1961 when electrification north of Rickmansworth to Amersham and Chesham was completed. From the early 1960s to 2012, Metropolitan line trains at Chorleywood were formed of London Underground A60 Stock (and the almost identical A62 Stock), but were replaced by London Underground S8 stock. Chiltern Railways (Aylesbury-Marylebone) trains are formed by Class 165 diesel multiple units.

Between October 2004 and December 2011 almost all southbound Metropolitan line trains from Chorleywood into London were fast trains to Baker Street, calling at Rickmansworth, Moor Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Wembley Park, Finchley Road and Baker Street. Since December 2011 only a few morning peak hour Metropolitan line trains have been operated as fast trains, at other times the trains mostly call at all stations, adding over 10 minutes to journey times. The journey to central London takes around 35–50 minutes depending on the line and time of day. Northbound Metropolitan line trains call at all stations to Amersham or Chesham.

Station layout

The station has two platforms shared between the London Underground Metropolitan line and National Rail. Both platforms are accessible from street level. On Platform 2, there is one of the few surviving K8 telephone kiosks. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is Grade II listed

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line is the only line on the London Underground to operate an express service. This is southbound in the morning peaks and northbound in the evening peaks. Southbound fast trains run non-stop between Moor Park, 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:

• 4tph to Aldgate (all stations)
• 2tph to Amersham
• 2tph to Chesham

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:

• 4tph to Aldgate (fast)
• 2tph to Aldgate (semi-fast)
• 4tph to Amersham
• 2tph to Chesham

The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:

• 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 Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Amersham and Aylesbury and London Marylebone via Harrow on the Hill. All Chiltern Railway services run non stop between Rickmansworth and Harrow on the Hill and Harrow on the Hill and London Marylebone.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) presently consists of:

• 2tph to London Marylebone
• 1tph to Aylesbury
• 1tph to Aylesbury Vale Parkway via Aylesbury

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Chalfont & Latimertowards Amersham or Chesham		Metropolitan line		Rickmansworthtowards Baker Street or Aldgate
Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chalfont & Latimer		Chiltern Railways London to Aylesbury Line		Rickmansworth

References

1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
8. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
9. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
10. Historic England (31 May 2023). "K8 Kiosk at Chorleywood Station (Grade II) (1485091)". National Heritage List for England.
11. ^ "Metropolitan line WTT" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2017.
12. "Amersham Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2016.

External links

• Train times and station information for Chorleywood station from National Rail
• "Chorleywood station". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.

• Rail transport stations in London fare zone 7
• Metropolitan line stations
• Tube stations in Hertfordshire
• Railway stations in Three Rivers District
• Former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889
• Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways