 On 6 August 1860 the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway ( A & B ) , with the 3rd Duke ( then still Marquess of Chandos ) as chairman and Sir Harry Verney as deputy chairman , was incorporated by Act of Parliament with the object of connecting the Buckinghamshire Railway ( by now operated by the LNWR ) to Aylesbury . The 2nd Duke used his influence to ensure the new route would run via Quainton , near his remaining estates around Wotton , instead of the intended more direct route via Pitchcott . Beset by financial difficulties , the line took over eight years to build , eventually opening on 23 September 1868 . The new line was connected to the Wycombe Railway 's Aylesbury station , and joined the existing Buckinghamshire Railway lines at the point where the Oxford – Bletchley line and the line to Buckingham already met . Verney Junction railway station was built at the point where the lines joined , named after Sir Harry who owned the land on which it was built , since there was no nearby town . Aylesbury now had railways to the east , north and southwest , but no line southeast towards London and the Channel ports . 
