Brixham railway station was a railway station on the Torbay and Brixham Line, serving the town of

Brixham Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825. It is one of the main three centres of the borough, along with ...

, in

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

. The station opened in 1868 and closed in 1963. The station was subsequently demolished and the site was developed as a housing estate.

History

The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Company opened a station (later called Churston station) beside Brixham Road on 14 March 1861. The press at the time reported that "the station is 2 miles from Brixham, rather an inconvenient distance in unfavourable weather". Proposals to the company to continue the line to Kingswear via Brixham were rejected unless the town would provide the money. In August 1861 Richard Wolston made the proposition that a railway be built to "Furzeham Common, high above the town, so there would be no personal jealousy as to who should benefit most" to a public meeting. The station was constructed to this proposal and it was formally opened in 1868. The station closed on 13 May 1963 and the tracks were lifted during the following year.

Popular culture

Brixham station was Roxham station' in '' The System'', a 1964 film. An scene early in the film sees most of the main characters at the station, either arriving on a train hauled by a

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locomotive or waiting there to see who is arriving in the town for a holiday.

References

{{reflist Disused railway stations in Devon Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 Beeching closures in England