Electrification to Amersham

in the 1930s, the New Works Programme proposed the electrification of the Metropolitan Line to Amersham and the introduction of four tracks from Harrow to Rickmansworth to provide extra capacity on the route and to speed up fast and express trains.

World War II delayed these plans and in the 1950s when they were ready to implement them, the scheme was altered to provide 4 tracks to only just north of Moor Park at the junction of the Watford Branch. The works were a major undertaking with new stations being built at Northwood and Moor Park. As it turned out, only a few years later British Rail withdrew main line services into Marylebone, nevertheless, the introduction of the fat tracks from Moor Park to Harrow and the electrification has provided for an improved service to Amersham and today helps Chiltern Railways provide fast Marylebone services.

Below is a leaflet from the 1950s issued by London Transport explaining the project

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