Brimley Halt railway station

Brimley Halt was a railway station open in 1928 by the Great Western Railway (GWR) to serve the village of Brimley 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.

Brimley Halt
Brimley Halt with a special train in 1970
Location
Place	Brimley
Area	Teignbridge
Grid reference	SX8121177562
Operations
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
21 May 1928[1]	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers [1]
5 July 1970	final closure
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway
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

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. 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.