Brent railway station

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Brent railway station was on the South Devon Railway, serving 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.

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 branch to Kingsbridge. The first station on the branch was at Avonwick.

The station has since been closed.

[edit] Further reading

• The Great Western in South Devon by Keith Beck and John Copsey, Wild Swan Publications 1990, ISBN 0-906867-90-8
• An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways by Martin Smith, Irwell Press 1995, ISBN 1-81760-841-4
• The South Devon Railway by R H Gregory, Oakwood Press1982, ISBN 0-85361-286-2
• The records of the South Devon Railway and its successors can be consulted at The National Archives