The abandoned London Underground station that was 2 hours away from the city

The London Underground is a fickle, fickle friend.

Are there delays on the Northern Line; are the drivers striking; does anyone really understand how the Circle line works?

And perhaps no station epitomises Transport for London at her ficklest more so than Brill Underground Station.

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Brill station was situated on land owned by the Duke of Buckingham, rendering him the owner of the station by default, in Buckinghamshire.

The station was a sweet 45 miles north of the City of London, and for matters of comparison and context, Brighton is just over 54 miles south.

Anyway, it is quite difficult to rationalise why there was a Tube stop right in the heart of the green and pleasant lands of Buckinghamshire.

Yet, while most Tube stops if caught at the right – (or wrong?) – time are heaving with passengers, cramming into air-tight carriages – Brill was quite the opposite experience.

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In 1932, Brill station, now incorporated into the Metropolitan Line, only saw 3,272 passengers a year – and only managed to raise £191 in fares.

The next year, in 1933, all major underground lines, including the Metro, were nationalised under the London Passenger Transport Board.

And this meant Brill station – despite its distance from the capital and the severe lack of public demand – became a part of the London Underground.

However, it didn’t last long. The London Passenger Transport Board decided the station had little room for economic growth.

So, in 1935, it was decided to close Brill station – just two years after it became part of the London Underground.

By 1936, the entire infrastructure of the station was sold at auction.

Today, the station site is largely open fields.

As, perhaps, it should have always been.

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