Brent railway station

Brent
The station in 1958
General information
Location	South Brent, South Hams England
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Devon Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
15 June 1848	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed

Brent railway station was a stop on the South Devon Railway; it served the village of South Brent on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England.

History

Child evacuees arrive at Brent station, after being evacuated from Bristol in 1940

The Brent station site on the South Devon Main Line in 1971

The line through Brent opened on 5 May 1848, but the station was not ready to open until 15 June 1848.

The South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1876. On 19 December 1893, the station became a junction with the opening of the Kingsbridge branch line.

The station closed in 1964.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wrangaton		Great Western Railway Exeter–Plymouth line		Totnes
Terminus		Great Western Railway Kingsbridge branch line		Avonwick

References

Sources

• The Great Western in South Devon by Keith Beck and John Copsey, Wild Swan Publications 1990, ISBN 0-906867-90-8
• An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways by Martin Smith, Irwell Press 1995, ISBN 978-1871608410
• The South Devon Railway by R H Gregory, Oakwood Press1982, ISBN 0-85361-286-2
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.