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The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile (10 km) rail line in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England. It was privately built in 1871 by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham as a horse tram line to help transport goods between his lands around Wotton House and the national rail network. Lobbying from the nearby village of Brill led to its extension to Brill and conversion to passenger use in early 1872. Two locomotives were bought but trains still travelled at an average speed of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h).

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  • ترام بريل أو محطة سكة حديد بريل، (بالإنجليزية: Brill Tramway)‏، ويُعرف أيضًا باسم ترام الکواينتون أو ترام الوتون أو طريق ترام أكسفورد وأيلزبري أو سكك حديدية متروبوليتان فرع بريل. هو خط سكك حديدية يبلغ طوله ستة أميال (10 كم) ويمتد في ڤال أيلزبري في باكينجهامشير بإنجلترا. بناها دوق باكنجهام ريتشارد تيمبل-نوجنت-بريدجس تشاندوس-غرينفيل عام 1871 بوصفها ترام مجرور بالخيول للمساعدة في نقل البضائع بين أراضيه وممتلكاته وشبكة السكك الحديدية الوطنية. (ar)
  • La Brill Tramway, també coneguda com la Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad i Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, era una línia de tren de sis milles (10 km) situada a la , a Buckinghamshire, Anglaterra. Fou construïda de manera privada l'any 1871 pel . Pensada inicialment per a , el seu objectiu era ajudar a transportar mercaderies entre les terres del duc a i la línia de ferrocarril nacional. Més tard, algunes pressions provinents de la localitat propera de van fer que s'estengués la línia i es convertís a línia de passatgers l'any 1872. Es compraren dues locomotores, però la forma del traçat feia que només poguessin viatjar a una velocitat de 6,4 km/h. El 1883 el duc va planejar una extensió de la línia fins a Oxford, la qual mai es dugué a terme a causa dels alts costos de construcció. El 1894 Metropolitan Railway passà a fer-se càrrec de la Brill Tramway, i aquesta fou reconstruïda el 1910; també s'incorporaren noves locomotores que permetien temps de viatge més curts. Dos factors, però –la baixa població de la regió i moltes línies alternatives properes– van fer que la línia entrés en un declivi econòmic. El 1933 Metropolitan Railway va esdevenir la Metropolitan Line del London Passenger Transport Board. La Brill Tramway va passar a formar part del Metro de Londres, encara que estava a 65 km de la capital i no estava soterrada. El 30 de novembre de 1935 tingué lloc l'últim viatge de passatgers. (ca)
  • The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile (10 km) rail line in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England. It was privately built in 1871 by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham as a horse tram line to help transport goods between his lands around Wotton House and the national rail network. Lobbying from the nearby village of Brill led to its extension to Brill and conversion to passenger use in early 1872. Two locomotives were bought but trains still travelled at an average speed of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h). In 1883, the Duke of Buckingham planned to upgrade the route to main line standards and extend the line to Oxford, creating the shortest route between Aylesbury and Oxford. Despite the backing of the wealthy Ferdinand de Rothschild, investors were deterred by costly tunnelling. In 1888 a cheaper scheme was proposed in which the line would be built to a lower standard and avoid tunnelling. In anticipation, the line was named the Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad. The existing line was upgraded in 1894, but the extension to Oxford was never built. Instead, operation of the Brill Tramway was taken over by London's Metropolitan Railway and Brill became one of its two north-western termini. The line was rebuilt in 1910, and more advanced locomotives were introduced, allowing trains to run faster. The population of the area remained low, and the primary income source remained the carriage of goods to and from farms. Between 1899 and 1910 other lines were built in the area, providing more direct services to London and the north of England. The Brill Tramway went into financial decline. In 1933 the Metropolitan Railway became the Metropolitan line of London Transport. The Brill Tramway became part of the London Underground, despite Quainton Road being 40 miles (64 km) from London and not underground. London Transport aimed to concentrate on electrification and improvement of passenger services in London and saw little possibility that passenger routes in Buckinghamshire could become viable. In 1935 the Brill Tramway closed. The infrastructure was dismantled and sold. Little trace remains other than the former junction station at Quainton Road, now the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. (en)
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  • The train services provided on the Brill branch of the Met. & GC Joint Line have resulted in a loss of roundly £4,000 per annum. The traffic was exceedingly light; the total number of passenger journeys in the year being 18,000, or fewer than 50 a day. The annual goods and mineral traffic amounted to some 7,600 tons only, representing about 20 tons per day. There has been no development in the traffic, and as, owing to its volume, it seemed quite feasible for it to be dealt with by means of road conveyance, the Board and the LNER jointly took steps to give notice for the closing of this branch line. (en)
  • One day the engine ran off the line and the driver collected 19 field labourers and odd men and shoved her back onto the lines and she finished the journey with no further mishap. (en)
  • A fatal accident of a very sad nature occurred on Thursday evening last on the Wotton Tramway between Brill and Quainton Road. The ladies' maid of Lady Mary Grenville, daughter of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, was, it appears, with two other ladies' maids walking along the Tramway, and when near a spot where it is crossed by the highway were overtaken by the engine who sounded his whistle and two of them promptly left the track. Ellen Maria Nicholls lingered for a moment to look at the train and was knocked down and killed instantaneously. The body was taken to Wotton House. (en)
  • This wet weather has considerably affected the incline just below the Lodge. The horses' feet sunk in very deep and they have been down once or twice—I do not think your Grace would wish them to pass over it again until something has been done. Some burnt ballast put down would make the footing firmer. On Monday three separate trucks ran off the line on the incline, but the road has since been firmed in. (en)
  • On Saturday night, for the last time, an antiquated little tank engine drew an equally antiquated passenger coach along the seven-mile railway line between the Bucks villages of Quainton Road and Brill. The train contained officials of the Metropolitan Railway Company, including an assistant superintendent. It stopped at each of the five stations on the line. Documents, records, and all valuables from each station were placed in the guard's van and then the station lights were put out and the train steamed along to its destination at Quainton Road. Soon the engine and coach will be on their way to Neasden and the scrap heap. (en)
  • Once the train had stopped short of the station, and looking out after a long wait I saw the engine far away. Luckily my shouting was heard and the combination guard, porter and stationmaster ran back. In answer to my "What has happened?" he replied "We just forgot we had a passenger." (en)
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  • Letter from Ralph Jones to the Duke, 26 June 1871 (en)
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  • ترام بريل أو محطة سكة حديد بريل، (بالإنجليزية: Brill Tramway)‏، ويُعرف أيضًا باسم ترام الکواينتون أو ترام الوتون أو طريق ترام أكسفورد وأيلزبري أو سكك حديدية متروبوليتان فرع بريل. هو خط سكك حديدية يبلغ طوله ستة أميال (10 كم) ويمتد في ڤال أيلزبري في باكينجهامشير بإنجلترا. بناها دوق باكنجهام ريتشارد تيمبل-نوجنت-بريدجس تشاندوس-غرينفيل عام 1871 بوصفها ترام مجرور بالخيول للمساعدة في نقل البضائع بين أراضيه وممتلكاته وشبكة السكك الحديدية الوطنية. (ar)
  • La Brill Tramway, també coneguda com la Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad i Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, era una línia de tren de sis milles (10 km) situada a la , a Buckinghamshire, Anglaterra. Fou construïda de manera privada l'any 1871 pel . Pensada inicialment per a , el seu objectiu era ajudar a transportar mercaderies entre les terres del duc a i la línia de ferrocarril nacional. Més tard, algunes pressions provinents de la localitat propera de van fer que s'estengués la línia i es convertís a línia de passatgers l'any 1872. Es compraren dues locomotores, però la forma del traçat feia que només poguessin viatjar a una velocitat de 6,4 km/h. (ca)
  • The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile (10 km) rail line in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England. It was privately built in 1871 by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham as a horse tram line to help transport goods between his lands around Wotton House and the national rail network. Lobbying from the nearby village of Brill led to its extension to Brill and conversion to passenger use in early 1872. Two locomotives were bought but trains still travelled at an average speed of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h). (en)
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