st in railways, and had served as Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from 1852 until 1861. In the early 1870s, he decided to build a light railway to transport freight from his estates in Buckinghamshire to the A&BR's line at Quainton Road.[2][note 1]The first stage of the route, known as the Wotton Tramway, was a 4-සැතපුම් (6.4 km) line from Quainton Road via Wotton to a coal siding at Kingswood,[5] and opened on 1 April 1871.[2][6] Intended for use by horse trams, the line was built with longitudinal sleepers, to avoid horses tripping.[5][7]Extension to Brill[සංස්කරණය]Map of a long railway line, ending at one end in a fork to two termini, and at the other end in a loop with a number of closely packed stations.The Metropolitan Railway following the MR takeover of services on the Brill Tramway. Brill (arrowed) is one of two northwestern termini. The image is skewed approximately 45° from north; the main MR line in reality ran almost directly northwest from its junctio