Meeth Halt railway station

Opened in 1925, Meeth Halt was a small railway station on the North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, a private line until it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways in 1948.[1] The line was built in part over a narrow gauge line that was used from 1881 to take ball clay from claypits at Marland and Meeth to Torrington, which was until 1925 the terminus of a branch from Barnstaple.

Meeth Halt
Site of old station, now part of a long-distance footpath
Location	Meeth, West Devon England
Grid reference	SS546079
Platforms	One
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway
Post-grouping	North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
27 July 1925	Opened
1 March 1965	Closed

The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1965[2] as part of the Beeching proposals, but remained open for freight from the Meeth clay workings north of Meeth Halt through Torrington to Barnstaple until 1982.[3] The station consisted of a simple short concrete platform and a stone shelter and remains as a recognisable landmark on the Tarka Trail, a very popular destination for long-distance walkers and cyclists.[4] As a result it is in the process of a major renovation.[5]

References

1. Branch Lines to Torrington Mitchell, V & Smith, K: Midhurst, Middleton Press, 1994 ISBN 1-873793-37-5
2. Discovering Britain's lost railways Atterbury, P: Basingstoke, AA Publishing ISBN 978-0-7495-6370-7
3. Freight details
4. Local authority details
5. Planning application

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Petrockstow		North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway (1925 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1965)		Hatherleigh

See also

• Old bus by ex-Halt
• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• List of former West Country Halts