Greenway Halt railway station is a small

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on the

Dartmouth Steam Railway The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between and in Devon, England. Much of the railway's business is from summer tou ...

, a heritage railway in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

, England. It is situated near the northern end of the long Greenway Tunnel and convenient for visitors to the

Greenway Estate Greenway, also known as Greenway House, is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. The estate is served by a steam railway service with tr ...

, the historic home of Agatha Christie. There has been no scheduled service at the station since 2020.

History

The railway to was built by the

Dartmouth and Torbay Railway The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was a broad gauge railway linking the South Devon Railway branch at Torquay with Kingswear in Devon, England. It was operated from the outset by the South Devon Railway. Most of the line is now operated as th ...

and opened on 16 August 1864 but there was no station at Greenway. The original intention was that the line would continue towards the location of the Higher Ferry and a bridge built across the River Dart to Dartmouth but no agreement with land owners could be ascertained. In 1972, British Rail proposed the closure of the line. It was instead sold to the Dart Valley Railway on 30 December 1972 and since then has been operated as a heritage railway. The railway is now promoted as the

. In 2012 this new station was opened to attract visitors to the Greenway Estate, which was the home of crime writer Agatha Christie.

Description

A short

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is situated on the west side of the line at Hook Bottom, a short distance from the north end of Greenway Tunnel. A path leads to the road that links Galmpton and Greenway.

Services

A seasonal service of steam hauled trains operates between and . Since the start of the

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lockdown in March 2020, no services have called here, although they pass through.

References

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