Quainton Road Railway Station - Re-siting

Re-siting

The rebuilding of the Brill Tramway greatly improved service speeds, reducing journey times between Quainton Road and Brill to between 35 and 43 minutes. The population of the area had remained low; in 1901 Brill had a population of only 1,206. Passenger traffic remained a relatively insignificant part of the Tramway's business, and in 1898 passenger receipts were only £24 per month (about £2,000 as of 2012).

Quainton Road station had seen little change since its construction by the A&B in 1868, and in 1890 was described by The Times as "one of the most primitive-looking stations in the British Isles". While the line to Brill was being upgraded, the MR were rebuilding and re-siting Quainton Road station as part of their improvement programme, freeing space for a direct link between the former Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway and the O&AT to be built. The new station was re-sited to the southeast of the road, on the same side as the turntable connection with the tramway. The new Quainton Road station had two platforms on the former A&B line, and a third platform for Brill trains. In 1896 the level crossings around the station were replaced by a road bridge over the railway. A curve between the former Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway and the Brill Tramway opened on 1 January 1897, allowing through running of trains between the two lines, without the need to turn the engine and carriages individually on the turntable, for the first time. The Metropolitan Railway made a concerted effort to generate passenger traffic on the line. From 1910 to 1914 Pullman services operated between the MR's London terminus at Aldgate and Verney Junction station, calling at Quainton Road, and a luxurious hotel was built in the new village of Verney Junction.