 While other closed stations on the former MR lines north of Aylesbury were generally demolished or sold , in 1969 the Quainton Railway Society was formed to operate a working museum at the station . On 24 April 1971 the society absorbed the London Railway Preservation Society , taking custody of its collection of historic railway equipment . The station was maintained in working order and used as a bookshop and ticket office , and the sidings — still intact , although disconnected from the railway line in 1967 — were used for locomotive restoration work . 
