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Key Dates

1863 The line opens between ‣ and ‣
1868 The line extends from ‣ to ‣
1892 Line extensions reaches Aylesbury
1904 The ‣ branch opens
1905 The first electric trains appear and are gradually introduced across the whole line, apart from the line beyond ‣
1925 The ‣ branch opens
1932 Another branch, to Stanmore opens, but this becomes part of the ‣ line in 1939
1961 The steam trains operating north of ‣ stop as the line is electrified to ‣ and ‣. Services beyond ‣ are taken over by British Rail (now Chiltern Railways)
2012 A new fleet of electric trains are introduced, the first on the Underground to feature air conditioning and full-length, walk-through interiors