The Metropolitan Line
The Metropolitan Line runs for 14.7 miles between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill, serving 5 stations, with a top line speed of 75 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 14.7 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 29 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 5 |
| Top line speed | 75 mph |
| Passengers a year | 7.2 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Amersham1.9 million a year
- Chalfont & Latimer780,010 a year
- Chorleywood493,600 a year
- Rickmansworth998,182 a year
- Harrow-on-the-Hill3.1 million a year
The busiest station on the line is Harrow-on-the-Hill, 3.1 million entries and exits a year and 176th busiest in Britain.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.