 verney junction was a railway station at a junction serving four directions between 1868 and 1968 and from where excursions as far as ramsgate could be booked. situated fifty miles from baker street, the station is one of london's disused underground stations and, although it never carried heavy traffic, it was important in the expansion of the metropolitan railway into what became metro-land. == history == === opening === verney junction opened in 1868 as northern terminus of the aylesbury and buckingham railway's (a&br) single track from aylesbury. the station was at a junction with the london and north western railway's (lnwr) bletchley to oxford line,  east of steeple claydon, and constructed to a rudimentary design at the cost of the a&br, whose progress it viewed with disfavour.simpson (1994), p. 133 plans to extend the railway north to buckingham never materialised and verney junction remained remote with a few cottages for tenants of claydon house estate. claydon's occupant, sir harry verney, was on the board of the a&br which was chaired by the duke of buckingham, and he invested heavily in the scheme. there being no settlement from which the station could take its name, it was named in honour of sir harry, who was later to have another nearby station&nbsp;â calvert&nbsp;â named after him;day & reed (2008), p. 32.dow (1965), p. 191. he had been born harry calvert, and took the surname verney in order to in
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