The London to Aylesbury Line is the main railway line between London (Marylebone) and Aylesbury, going via the Chiltern Hills; it is operated by Chiltern Railways. The line includes a unique section where National Rail trains use track that is owned by London Underground. This section is approximately 20 miles (the total mileage of the passenger section of the line is about 39 miles, meaning over half of the line is owned by LUL) between Harrow on the Hill and the property boundary 2.23 km north of Amersham, near Weedonhill Wood (sometimes erroneously referred to as Mantles Wood).
The line operates modified timetables during autumn, as trains need to take more time to brake due to the leaves that fall on the line in the heavily wooded section between Amersham and Rickmansworth.
The line is part of the former trunk route, the Great Central Main Line.
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