 The Metropolitan Railway Act 1885 had given Watkin permission to extend the line from Chesham to connect with the LNWR at Tring . Thus , although it was the terminus of the line , Chesham station was designed with a revival of the LNWR extension scheme in mind . The small station building was set to one side of the tracks to allow for a possible extension onwards . The station had a single platform , with a run @-@ around loop and turntable alongside , together with a coaling station and water tank . The station was lit by gas light until 1925 ; the local gas works , which consumed around 5 @,@ 000 tons of coal each year , threatened to withdraw their coal traffic from the line if the station were fitted with electric lighting . While Chalfont Road station initially served a sparsely populated rural area ( the village of Little Chalfont had not yet grown around the station ) , Chesham station was busy , and at the time of its opening had a full staff of a stationmaster , two ticket inspectors , two clerks , two porters and two collectors . 
