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
Location

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.

The line through Brent opened on 5 May 1848, but the station was not ready to open until 15 June 1848.^[1]

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.

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• 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.