In the meantime the station had changed its name to Churston when an independent branch line had been opened by the Torbay and Brixham Railway to serve the latter town on 28 February 1868.

Sidings were added to allow for the goods traffic handled on the branch, including a busy trade in fish.

The platforms were further lengthened and a new signal box opened on 9 February 1913 to control the now extended crossing loop.

The Brixham branch closed on 13 May 1963,[4] but the Kingswear service continued but Sunday trains no longer called at Churston after the 1967 summer season.

The signal box was closed again in 1991[7][page needed] when control of the whole line was transferred to Britannia Crossing at Kingswear.

The Association of Train Operating Companies included Brixham one of fourteen towns that, based on 2009 data, would benefit from a new railway service.

This would be an extension of the First Great Western service from Exmouth to Paignton on to Churston, which would then act as a railhead for Brixham.

It would also serve other housing developments in the area since the opening of the steam railway, and may require the doubling of that line between Paignton and Goodrington Sands.

Several of the main characters arrive at the last minute and jump onto a Diesel Multiple Unit that is just pulling out towards Kingswear.