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Reader Jon Smalldon alerts us to the consultation on Chesham Metropolitan Line services which he says could see “a massive increase in the number of direct services to and from central London”. The Transport for London (TFL) website says, “We're asking Amersham and Chesham users to let us know what they think about the proposed changes by either picking up a leaflet at Amersham or Chesham stations or emailing us at chesham.consultation@tube.tfl.gov.uk. The potential changes, which would not affect the current peak-time services, are as follows: * Two trains per hour running direct between Chesham and central London throughout the day. Customers would no longer need to change at Chalfont & Latimer * Two Metropolitan line trains per hour between Amersham and central London, instead of the present four. The two trains per hour service provided by Chiltern Trains (one train per hour on Sundays) would be unaffected, so the total number of trains from Amersham to central London would fall from six to four per hour (and from five trains to three per hour on Sundays). The service pattern change would take effect from May 2009 at the earliest.”
Let them know if you support the proposals, email chesham.consultation@tube.tfl.gov.uk.