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Amersham or Chesham

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I have often heard people say 'start at Amersham, not Chesham' and have often wondered why. I was also wondering if any of you could help! I think Chesham is better, as it is a longer gap between Chalfont than Amersham, meaning it is quicker to double-back at Amersham rather than Chesham. Let me know if you disagree!
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It depends on the timetables!! Chesham is every 30 minutes, Amersham isn't much better (only because Chiltern comes into play)...
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You're right - with the 8 minute double back plus a wait to reverse at Chesham, it's usually slower, but occasionally it works. As you get Chilterns coming through at Amersham, and there's a reversing siding, the wait at Amersham may be shorter.

There's at least one other option for a NW start that's been used as part of a route before now
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As for helping - why not play with the timetables and see what works for you?!
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Iain - what is that other option? Because I can't see Watford being a good start unless you manage to go round the North Curve. Or is that it? Watford to Chesham/Amersham via North Curve.
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Nope, not Watford!! But I'll leave it to you to work out...
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Tube Geek wrote:Iain - what is that other option? Because I can't see Watford being a good start unless you manage to go round the North Curve. Or is that it? Watford to Chesham/Amersham via North Curve.
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Uxbridge?
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Work it out for yourself, like the rest of us had to do!
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Give me one clue: When was the attempt made with that route. If I know that, I can work it out myself
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What, by looking it up on here? None of us were given any clues or hints, we had to sit down and work it out the hard way with a tube map and pen and umpteen references to timetables.

For what it's worth, the attempt was made at some point between 1 January 2003 and 1 April 2016.
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Start at Chesham finish at Amersham? I'm not just guessing - I found it here - http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=704133
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As Steveo says, play with it :)

A start that works well one year may not work as well after a timetable change, but they're worth knowing
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I do have a route (Chesham - Upminster), but started this topic to see is Amersham - Upminster would be quicker. I went a bit off-topic, though! :D
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It's in theory possible for a slightly slower start (I normally time down to N Harrow) to give a faster overall time as the rest of the network synchs up better.
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