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English: Railway trackbed near Shipton Lee This is the trackbed of the Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway which opened on 23 September 1968. The line ran from Aylesbury to Verney Junction with intermediate stations at Waddesdon, Quainton Road, Grandborough Road and Winslow Road, though it was never extended to Buckingham. The Aylesbury to Quainton Road section was part of the Great Central Railway. The line was initially worked by the GWR with three services in each direction daily. The Metropolitan Railway took over in 1894, and ran services between Verney Junction and Baker Street with regular through services for many years. In 1933 it became part of the Metropolitan Line of London Transport. As London Transport did not want to run suburban services deep into the heart of Buckinghamshire, it decided to close the line west of Aylesbury. Passenger services were ended on 4 July 1936, see http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.1947, and the line was made single track. A last parcels train ran from Verney Junction on 6 September 1947, and the line was eventually closed and lifted in 1956. Here, looking south, the railway ran on an embankment through farmland, and slowly curved right to a crossing where Railway Cottage is today, 934094, and then on to Quainton Road station 1.5km away. Considering the rails were lifted 50 years ago it is surprising that the trackbed is not more overgrown.