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Although the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's steam trains run on the sidings which were disconnected from the network in 1967, the station still has a working railway line passing through it which is also used for occasional special passenger trains from Aylesbury in connection with events at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
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