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- Brill_railway_station abstract "Brill railway station was the terminus of a small railway line in Buckinghamshire, England, known as the Brill Tramway. Built and owned by the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, it was later operated by London's Metropolitan Railway, and in 1933 briefly became one of the two north-western termini of the London Underground, despite being 45 miles (72 km) and over two hours' travelling time from the City of London.Approximately 3⁄4 of a mile (1.2 km) north of Brill, the station was opened in March 1872 as the result of lobbying from local residents and businesses. As the line was cheaply built and ungraded and the locomotives were of poor quality, services were very slow, initially taking 1 hour 45 minutes to traverse the six miles (10 km) from Brill to the junction station with main line services at Quainton Road. Although serving a lightly populated area and little-used by passengers, the station was a significant point for freight traffic, particularly as a carrier of milk from the dairy farms of Buckinghamshire to Aylesbury and London. A brickworks was also attached to the station, but it proved unable to compete with nearby rivals and closed within a few years of opening.During the 1890s, plans were made to extend the tramway to Oxford, but the scheme was abandoned. Instead, the operation of the line was taken over by the Metropolitan Railway in 1899, and the line became one of the railway's two north-western termini. It was upgraded and better-quality locomotives were introduced making the journey time three times faster.In 1933 the Metropolitan Railway was taken into public ownership and became the Metropolitan line of London Transport. The management of London Transport aimed to reduce goods services, and it was felt that there was little chance of the more distant parts of the former Metropolitan Railway ever becoming viable passenger routes. The line was closed on 30 November 1935, and all buildings and infrastructure at Brill associated with the line were sold at auction. Most of the infrastructure was subsequently demolished, though three station cottages survive.".
- Brill_railway_station country United_Kingdom.
- Brill_railway_station district Aylesbury_Vale.
- Brill_railway_station location Aylesbury_Vale.
- Brill_railway_station location Brill.
- Brill_railway_station location Buckinghamshire.
- Brill_railway_station location Greater_London.
- Brill_railway_station owner Brill_Tramway.
- Brill_railway_station railwayPlatforms "1".
- Brill_railway_station thumbnail Metropolitan_Railway_1903,_Brill_&_1936-1961_limits_marked.jpg?width=300.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageID "397710".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageLength "21657".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageOutDegree "81".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageRevisionID "687351584".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Aveling_and_Porter.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Aylesbury.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Aylesbury_Vale.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Aylesbury_and_Buckingham_Railway.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Baker_Street_tube_station.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Baulk_road.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Brackley.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Brickworks.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Buckinghamshire.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Category:Brill_Tramway.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Buckinghamshire.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_Metropolitan_and_Great_Central_Joint_Railway_stations.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink City_of_London.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Detour.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Estate_(law).
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Frank_Pick.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Goods_shed.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Grading_(engineering).
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Great_Central_Railway.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Great_Western_Railway.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Mixed_train.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Oxford.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Pen_(enclosure).
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Quainton_Road_railway_station.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Siding_(rail).
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Traction_engine.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Varsity_Line.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Verney_Junction_railway_station.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Waddesdon_Manor.
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- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Wood_Siding_railway_station.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink Wotton_(Metropolitan_Railway)_railway_station.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLink File:Brill-tramway-park.jpg.
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLinkText "Brill railway station".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageWikiLinkText "Brill".
- Brill_railway_station borough Aylesbury_Vale.
- Brill_railway_station caption "Brill station at the time of closure".
- Brill_railway_station coordRegion "GB-BKM".
- Brill_railway_station events "Closed by London Transport".
- Brill_railway_station events "Leased by Metropolitan Railway".
- Brill_railway_station events "Opened".
- Brill_railway_station events "Rebuilt".
- Brill_railway_station imageAlt "small wooden hut with a large wooden shed behind it. In front of the hut is a platform at two different heights, and in front of the platform are two sets of railway tracks. The tracks lead into a further pair of wooden sheds.".
- Brill_railway_station imageName "Brill station.jpg".
- Brill_railway_station latitude "51.8323".
- Brill_railway_station locale Brill.
- Brill_railway_station locale Buckinghamshire.
- Brill_railway_station longitude "-1.0482".
- Brill_railway_station mapType "Buckinghamshire".
- Brill_railway_station name "Brill".
- Brill_railway_station next "(Line and station closed)".
- Brill_railway_station owner Brill_Tramway.
- Brill_railway_station platforms "1".
- Brill_railway_station route Metropolitan_Railway.
- Brill_railway_station route "(Brill Tramway)".
- Brill_railway_station wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:About.