On 1 April 1894, the proposed extension to Oxford still intended, the O&AT exercised a clause of the 1888 Act and took over the Wotton Tramway.
Den 1. april 1894, mens det stadig var hensigten at gennemføre den foreslåede forlængelse til Oxford, udnyttede O&AT en paragraf i loven fra 1888 og overtog Wotton Tramway.