Brent railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other 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

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

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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.Template:Sfn

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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References

Sources

• The Great Western in South Devon by Keith Beck and John Copsey, Wild Swan Publications 1990, Template:ISBN
• An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways by Martin Smith, Irwell Press 1995, Template:ISBN
• The South Devon Railway by R H Gregory, Oakwood Press1982, Template:ISBN
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