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  2. The Withered Arm: Barnstaple to Halwill Junction

Meeth Halt

North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway which was operated by the Southern Railway and latterly the Southern Region of British Railways The line was built in part over narrow gauge line that was used from 1881 to take ball clay from clay pits at Marland and Meeth to Torrington, which was until 1925 the terminus of the line from Barnstaple.

The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1965 as part of the Beeching proposals, but remained open for freight from the Meeth clay workings north of Meeth Halt through Torrington to Barnstaple up to 1982.

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. In recent years the structure of the halt has been renovated – though at the time it of my visit in October 2016 it appeared to be losing a battle with the undergrowth. When I revisited in April 2019 nothing appears to have been done about the undergrowth!
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  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Station Yard at Meeth now provides car parking and access via the old trck bed to Meeth Quarry which has been developed as a nature reserve.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Station Yard at Meeth now provides car parking and access via the old trck bed to Meeth Quarry which has been developed as a nature reserve.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    View towards Torrington from Meeth Halt - the track bed now forms an access road to Meeth Quarry which has been developed a nature reserve after closure a few years ago.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    View along the platform looking towards Halwill Junction

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    The platform is becoming rather over grown

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Building viewed towards the site of the former level crossing over the A386 road.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    The halt building - which includes a shelter with a bench in the old waiting room. The modern sign shows mileage to destinations along the Tarka Trail which runs along the former railway to Barnstaple.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Site of the former level crossing viewed from the platform

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Waiting Room interior which has been restored as a shelter for walkers on the Tarka Trail

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Distances from Meeth Halt along the track bed of the Tarka Trail

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    The halt building - which includes a shelter with a bench in the old waiting room. The modern sign shows mileage to destinations along the Tarka Trail which runs along the former railway to Barnstaple.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    The halt building - which includes a shelter with a bench in the old waiting room. The modern sign shows mileage to destinations along the Tarka Trail which runs along the former railway to Barnstaple.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Site of the level crossing

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Site of the level crossing

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Tarka Trail marker at Meeth Halt

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Building viewed towards the site of the former level crossing over the A386 road.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    Meeth Halt, Devon - April 10, 2019

    View towards Halwill from the Torrington end of the platform

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    The halt building - which includes a shelter with a bench in the old waiting room. The modern sign shows mileage to destinations along the Tarka Trail which runs along the former railway to Barnstaple.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    View along the platform from near the former level crossing.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Building viewed towards the site of the former level crossing over the A386 road.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Building viewed towards the site of the former level crossing over the A386 road.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Much of the platform is buried in the undergrowth - view towards the level crossing across the A386 road.

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Torrington end of the platform

  • Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    Meeth Halt, Devon - October 24, 2016

    The halt building - which includes a shelter with a bench in the old waiting room. The modern sign shows mileage to destinations along the Tarka Trail which runs along the former railway to Barnstaple.

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