Coordinates: 50°35′08″N 3°40′45″W / 50.5856°N 3.6793°W / 50.5856; -3.6793

Brimley Halt railway station

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Brimley Halt
Brimley Halt with a special train in 1970
General information
LocationBrimley, Teignbridge
England
Grid referenceSX8121177562
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
21 May 1928[1]Opened
2 March 1959Closed to passengers[1]
5 July 1970final closure
Moretonhampstead
and South Devon Railway
Moretonhampstead
Lustleigh
Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt
Bovey
Brimley Halt
Heathfield
Teigngrace Halt
Exeter Road
Newton Abbot

Brimley Halt was a railway station open in 1928 by the Great Western Railway (GWR) to serve the south end of Bovey Tracey in South Devon, England. It had a single platform and was located on a curved section of track without a passing loop or sidings. After closure to regular passenger services in 1959 its last known use by a passenger train was a special train to Bovey Tracey which stopped at Brimley Halt on 5 July 1970,[2]. The track had been lifted by 8 September 1975.[3]

Gulf Oil Depot near Brimley Halt.

The site of the station was destroyed by the construction of a new A382 road along the course of the trackbed.[4]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Heathfield   Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
Great Western Railway
  Bovey

References

Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 Butt, Page 44
  2. "Home". sixbellsjunction.co.uk.
  3. Kingdom, Page 318
  4. The site of Brimley Halt Retrieved : 2012-09-03
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  • Kingdom, Anthony. R.; Lang, Mike (2004). The Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead Railway. Liverton, Newton Abbot: Forest Publishing. ISBN 1-873029-09-8.

50°35′08″N 3°40′45″W / 50.5856°N 3.6793°W / 50.5856; -3.6793