Meeth Halt railway station

Meeth Halt
Site of old station, now part of a long-distance footpath
General information
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

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.

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]