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	Railway Magazine Volumes 20-39
		Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August 1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September 1868.
		(the Extension of the Plymouth, Devonport, and South-Western junction Railway from Bere Asaton to Callington.
		A London railway's metamorphosis: (The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway's irnprovsnients at Barking).
	www.steamindex.com /rlymag/rm20on.htm

	Aylesbury Station in June 1897
		The station was on the Metropolitan Railway's main route from Baker Street to Verney Junction, but was also shared with the Great Western Railway and their branch line to Princes Risborough.
		The sharp curvature of the track, seen in the distance, was a contributing factor in an accident that occurred at the station on 23rd December 1904.
		L2476 A view along the platform at Aylesbury Station, Buckinghamshire, as seen in June 1897.
	www.railwayarchive.org.uk /Lpages/html/L2476.html (128 words)

	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbre... - Online Information article about BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbre...
		Verney Junction; this line is used by the Great Central railway, the main line of which continues north-westward from Quainton Road.
		main line of the London and North-Western railway crosses the north-east part of the county.
		Bletchley is an important junction on this system, branches diverging east to Fenny Stratford, See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BRI_BUN/BUCKINGHAMSHIRE_abbreviated_Buc.html (4217 words)

	Railway Magazine Volumes 20-39
		Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August 1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September 1868.
		(the Extension of the Plymouth, Devonport, and South-Western junction Railway from Bere Asaton to Callington.
		A London railway's metamorphosis: (The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway's irnprovsnients at Barking).
	www.steamindex.com /rlymag/rm20on.htm (4217 words)

	Railway Magazine Volumes 20-39
		Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August 1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September 1868.
		Railways and Football Traffic: how railways benefit from footbal l.
		Extension of Garstang and Knott End Railway from Pilning to Knott End opened: new rolling stock illustrated on page 254 and Knott End on page 253.
	www.steamindex.com /rlymag/rm20on.htm (4217 words)

	Chiltern Railways - Enpsychlopedia
		Some trains continue beyond Birmingham Snow Hill station to Stourbridge Junction or Kidderminster, where the preserved steam Severn Valley Railway starts at the adjacent Kidderminster Town station.
		On certain summer weekends special services are extended from Aylesbury to the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre facilities at Quainton Road, a short way south of Verney Junction.
		Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Chiltern_Railways (4217 words)

	Railway Magazine Volumes 20-39
		Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August 1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September 1868.
		(the Extension of the Plymouth, Devonport, and South-Western junction Railway from Bere Asaton to Callington.
		A London railway's metamorphosis: (The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway's irnprovsnients at Barking).
	www.steamindex.com /rlymag/rm20on.htm (2000 words)

	Railway Magazine Volumes 20-39
		Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August 1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September 1868.
		(the Extension of the Plymouth, Devonport, and South-Western junction Railway from Bere Asaton to Callington.
		A London railway's metamorphosis: (The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway's irnprovsnients at Barking).
	www.steamindex.com /rlymag/rm20on.htm (2000 words)

	Quainton railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quainton Road railway station at Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England was a through station on the impoverished Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (AandBR), a branch line running from Aylesbury station, connecting with the GWR, to Verney Junction, connecting with the LNWR cross-country route between Oxford and Cambridge.
		Quainton Road station still remains as the centrepiece of the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre.
		Later subsumed onto the Metropolitan Railway's northern extensions and purchase of the AandBR, there were plans to extend the few miles from Brill to Oxford.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quainton_railway_station (454 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
		Overview of Verney Junction station and one of the control panels
		Verney Junction Nameboard with Metropolitan Railway train in the platform
		Local train from Buckingham approaching Verney Junction on the branch
	homepage.ntlworld.com /selsig/MKMRS/verney2.html (51 words)

	British Railway Journal Volume 7
		Many illustrations: Verney Junction with Metropolitan Railway H class 4-4-4T No.
		Sir Harry Verney was also involved and the contractor Francis Rummens became involved.
		The section between Quainto Road and Aylesbury was upgraded to mainline standard to permit the GCR to reach London, but Aylesbury station was not rebuilt until 1925-6.
	www.steamindex.com /brj/brj7.htm (2640 words)

	Quainton Railway Station Information - Articles Free
		The original line to Verney Junction has been closed and lifted, but the old Great Central main line remains, albeit singled, as far as the point where it crossed the Oxford and Cambridge cross country line.
		Here Calvert Curve, one of the country's wartime emergency connections, permits onward freight running past Quainton Road towards Bletchley and Cambridge.
		There are no regular train services, although special services operate from Aylesbury to link with events at the Heritage Centre.
	www.articlesfree.com /index.php?title=Quainton_railway_station (176 words)

	Going Underground's Interview with Simon James, Mind the Gap author - photographs of end of London Underground Lines
		Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, for example, was a real surprise find.
		The following day I came across the last working steam engine to travel the Metropolitan Line at the railway heritage centre west of Aylesbury that used to be Quainton Road Station on the Metropolitan Line.
		Some of the really distant stations that closed in the thirties were a real pleasure to visit.
	solo2.abac.com /themole/james.html (1332 words)

	Lobo - St.John's Wood
		By 1930 trains ran from Baker Street to five northern termini - Uxbridge, Watford, Chesham, Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, and Brill near Oxford.
		Rather, it was the first station out of Baker Street on what became the main line of the Metropolitan Railway.
		The addition of a sixth branch, from Wembley to Stanmore, meant that the two-track section through St.John's Wood was a major bottleneck.
	www.davros.org /rail/lobo/cards/stjohnswood.html (164 words)

	Chiltern Railways -
		On certain summer weekends special services are extended from Aylesbury to the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre facilities at Quainton Road, a short way south of Verney Junction.
		A tunnel being constructed near the Gerrards Cross railway station to enable the construction of a new Tesco store collapsed at 19:30 on 30 June 2005.
		A new station is proposed at Aylesbury Vale to serve a planned residential development in the area.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Chiltern_Railways (932 words)

	Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Winslow Road Station
		Notes: The Metropolitan Railway bought the failing Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway in 1891 extending their line from Aylesbury to Verney Junction via Quainton Road.
		Quainton Road Station is now home to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
		When the Metropolitan Railway became part of London Transport in 1933 it was quickly decided that services north of Aylesbury could no longer be justified and within a few years they had all been closed.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/stations/w/winslow_road/index.shtml (181 words)

	CULG - Metropolitan Line
		Beyond there, the line to Quainton Road remains as a goods route (and distances along it are still officially measured from Baker Street), but the two branches beyond this point have vanished, though the platforms at Verney Junction are still visible from goods trains using the route from Aylesbury to Bletchley.
		To serve these a separate Exhibition station was opened in 1923 on the east side just south of Wembley Park station, with non-stop trains to Baker Street; this remained until 1937, when it was replaced by an additional platform at the main station.
		Some years later, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway was looking to expand towards London, and at the same time the Metropolitan Railway had its eyes on the untapped commuter market of the northwest (the only rival, the LNWR, did not become interested in commuters until much later).
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/metropolitan.html (2554 words)

	History.UK.com Articles
		A decline in traffic brought the closure of the Brill Tramway in 1935 followed by the Verney Junction line in 1947 with the end of all passenger services coming in 1963 on closure of Quainton Road Station itself.
		Quainton Road Station, 100 years ago, was a bustling hive of railway activity, being the meeting point of three distinct railway lines each with a very special character of its own.
		In 1968 the London Railway Preservation Society chose Quainton Road Railway Station, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire to establish its centre.
	www.history.uk.com /articles (893 words)

	Steeple Claydon Village Community Website - The Claydons Buckingham Buckinghamshire
		The Village Railway station had been opened in 1851 on the Oxford/Cambridge line however if you wished to go further afield, connections locally were available to London/Buckingham (at Verney Junction) and London/Sheffield (at Calvert).
		There were very few motor vehicles; a taxi service was not introduced until the early 1930s.
		Services we now take for granted were slow in coming.
	www.steeple-claydon.org /history (1012 words)

	G3MEH - Roger Piper - Railways
		The line between Aylesbury and Bletchley via Verney Junction has been closed to passenger traffic for many years and the DMU shuttle from Aylesbury gave a rare opportunity for the public to travel part of the line.
		Quainton Road station, north of Aylesbury on the former Metropolitan Railway line.
		I confess to being one of those with an interest in railways in general and steam trains in particular.
	g3meh.com /railways.shtml (1012 words)

	Sydenham Community Regeration Partnership - Chris Best - Labour Councillor for Sydenham
		Sargeant Chris Verney gave an update on the Sydenham Safer Neighbourhood Team and the ward policing of Sydenham Road (including the Station) and the roads between Kirkdale and Mayow Road.
		The area of work is a triangle that includes Forest Hill Station and Sydenham Station as the stations are areas with higher crime statistics - frequently the theft of mobile phones.
		Lewisham is set to benefit with a new station at Surrey Canal Road and links to New Cross, New Cross Gate, Brockley, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill and
	www.chrisbest.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=10974 (1012 words)

	Articles - Chiltern Railways
		On certain summer weekends special services are extended from Aylesbury to the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre facilities at Quainton Road, a short way south of Verney Junction.
		A tunnel being constructed near the Gerrards Cross railway station to enable the construction of a new Tesco store collapsed at 19:30 on 30 June 2005.
		It was formed by the privatisation of British Rail in 1996 and it operates train mainline services from Marylebone station in London, to Aylesbury and Birmingham Snow Hill.
	www.outship.com /articles/Chiltern_Railways (1012 words)

	National Routes
		Verney Junction to Banbury Merton Street Station (W.Region)
		Alrewas Station (exc.) to Barton and Walton, Wichnor Jn.
		It was a number of years before another set was issued, by which time the railway network had been transformed forever, steam banished from the system and countless route miles closed in the name of progress.
	www.geocities.com /manchesterlines/nationalroutes.html (4832 words)

	Metropolitan Tickets
		The station top left is Verney Junction, which was a junction with the Oxford / Cambridge route.
		Although the railway to Amersham was built by the Metropolitan Railway, it was actually managed by a joint committee of the Great Central Railway (who wanted a route into London Marylebone) and the Metropolitan.
		The two railways (and later the London North Eastern Railway (L.N.E.R.), which took over the Great Central in 1923 and London Transport, which took over the Metropolitan in 1933) took it in turn to run the line.
	www.amersham.org.uk /metro/tickets.htm (791 words)

	Chiltern Railways - Enpsychlopedia
		On certain summer weekends special services are extended from Aylesbury to the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre facilities at Quainton Road, a short way south of Verney Junction.
		Some trains continue beyond Birmingham Snow Hill station to Stourbridge Junction or Kidderminster, where the preserved steam Severn Valley Railway starts at the adjacent Kidderminster Town station.
		The London to Birmingham route used by Chiltern Railways goes via High Wycombe, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Solihull.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Chiltern_Railways (791 words)

	Aylesbury Station in June 1897
		The station was on the Metropolitan Railway's main route from Baker Street to Verney Junction, but was also shared with the Great Western Railway and their branch line to Princes Risborough.
		The sharp curvature of the track, seen in the distance, was a contributing factor in an accident that occurred at the station on 23rd December 1904.
		L2476 A view along the platform at Aylesbury Station, Buckinghamshire, as seen in June 1897.
	www.railwayarchive.org.uk /Lpages/html/L2476.html (128 words)

	PADDINGTON TICKET AUCTIONS LIMITED
		Station opening/closure dates (where given) are as shown in the publication "The Directory of Railway Stations" by RVJ Butt, published by Patrick Stephens, which we gratefully acknowledge.
		GREAT NORTHERN and CITY RAILWAY issued 3rd class whole Edmondson UNDERGROUND TICKET Moorgate (Tube Station) – Wood Green (dated 31/5/1906) on green/buff coloured card with a slight crease, but VGC otherwise.
		Two FARES CHARTS for Routes 26 Hop Exchange – Clapham Junction and 58 Victoria Station – Blackwall Tunnel.
	www.paddingtonticketauctions.co.uk /e17/cat.html (128 words)

	Quainton railway station - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Quainton railway station at Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England was the northern terminus of the Wotton (later Brill) Tramway.
		Quainton Road station still remains as the headquarters of the Buckinghamshire Railway Heritage Centre.
		The original line to Verney Junction has been closed and lifted, but the old Great Central main line remains, albeit singled, as far as the point where it crossed the Oxford and Cambridge cross country line.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Quainton_tube_station (128 words)

	Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways - Enpsychlopedia
		Passenger services on the line were withdrawn between Quainton Road and Verney Junction from 6 July 1936, when the intermediate stations of Granborough Road and Winslow Road were closed.
		North of Aylesbury at Quainton Road was a 6.5-mile (10-km) branch railway, officially known as the Oxford and Aylesbury Tramroad but also known as the Wootton Tramway or the Brill Tramway, to Brill.
		Although the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in New York is sometimes called the "world's oldest subway tunnel", this had no stations and was used by long-distance as well as suburban trains.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Metropolitan_Railway (128 words)

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