Arriva there by bus

Many people believe that the age of bus travel in this part of the world is all but dead, owing to the high ratio of car ownership and usage. Yet a free booklet which is available from Amersham Library shows it is anything but that, in fact the number of places you can get to from Amersham is quite surprising, for a motorhead. A few might find it surprising that it is possible to take a bus to and from Hemel Hempstead with its excellent shopping centre, but that is exactly where Arriva and Redline routes 52 and 62, go. For example an Arriva 52 leaves Amersham Station at 49 minutes past the hour every weekday morning and arrives at Hemel Hempstead Bus Station less than an hour later. The passengers alight without having worried about traffic and parking and all the other little irritants which motorists today are forced to negotiate on almost every journey. There is also a Saturday and Sunday service.
In fact all the major shopping centres closest to Amersham, including Watford, High Wycombe, Slough and even Uxbridge are very well-served by buses, the timetables for which are included in this booklet. The A30 Chesham to Heathrow airport via Amersham service, which has already been publicised in Chiltern Voice Amersham area, is also in this publication.
A half a century ago a bright spark called Dr Beeching believed railways were finished because of the motor car, so he systematically embarked on a plan to close them all down. Thankfully he was removed before he could dismantle the whole network. Today public transport is enjoying a bit of a revival and to see where you can get to from Amersham by bus, just pop into the library and pick up a ‘Chiltern and South Bucks’ guide to bus services.