{"id":7788,"date":"2024-08-26T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=7788"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:19:45","slug":"xxx-brixham-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/xxx-brixham-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"107 Brixham Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout rode all two miles and six chains of this branch from a branch.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Churston<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is another example of the railway abbreviating its station name: the settlement is actually Churston Ferrers. The station could have been Galmpton, a closer and larger place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Brixham Bay was reinstated by the independent railway and later covered by a carriage workshop.
At left are the former Station Hotel and the yard where the circular tour buses are stored. The locomotive shop is at right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 1964 film, \u201cThe System,\u201d<\/a> opens with a \u201cRoller\u201d crossing the original station bridge, seen from the Brixham bay platform, and the occupants dashing for the Kingswear train<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kingswear Branch reaches the top of the climb from Goodrington at left. The houses are built on the course of the Brixham Branch and goods yard. The turntable recovered from Goodrington is sited in what was once the fork of the junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first bridge is but a short ride along Bridge Road from the station. The cutting on the left has been filled in and is now part of a garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bascombe Road, which crosses the Kingswear Branch, runs alongside the old line of railway for around 700 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steel spans have gone from Elberry Lane Bridge, above. This one and the next two were repaired and tidied up by National Highways in 2023. The two chaps sent to repair Station Bridge at Christow had been working on the Brixham Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Churston Road passes beneath the line and joins Bascombe Road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Looking towards Brixham.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n