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!
Read MoreThe 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!
