Brimley Halt railway station

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Brimley Halt
Brimleyhalt.jpg
Brimley Halt with a special train in 1970
Location, 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
Legend
Moretonhampstead
 A382 
Lustleigh
Hawkmoor Halt / Pullabrook Halt
Bovey
Brimley Halt
Teign Valley Line
Heathfield
 A38 
Teigngrace Halt
Exeter Road
GWML to London
Newton Abbot
GWML to Penzance

Brimley Halt was a railway station open in 1928 by the Great Western Railway (GWR) to serve the village of that lies between Bovey Tracey and Ilsington in South Devon, England. It had a single platform and was located on a curved section of track without a passing loop or sidings. A special train to Bovey Tracey visited Brimley Halt on 5 July 1970,[2] its last known use by a passenger train. 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   Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead
Great Western Railway
  Bovey

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ a b Butt, Page 44
  2. ^ http://www.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.

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


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