What it Looks Like Today:The Tiverton Branch Line
The halt was opened in 1927 and was popular with and well used by the local people.Situated just outside Halberton,people often reached the halt by bicycle and would then leave their bikes there on the platform all day until their return.
Another unusual thing about Halberton Halt was that where the platform ended,a single line of apple trees was planted down the "spare" width of the line.Planting apple trees along the railway seems to have been quite common,but although there is nothing left of the one tree width orchard at Halberton Halt,I have found apple trees still there along the line in other places.
The closure of Halberton Halt in 1964 was a great loss to the local people and the bus service that replaced it,never lived up to expectations and could never match the convenience and the ease of the 12 trains in each direction every day,that the Tiverton Branch Line had provided.
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Today there is very little left to remind you that there was ever a halt here at all.In fact Christine and I didn't realise that we were at the right place at first and had to double check the maps.The bridge is surrounded by nettles and brambles which makes getting underneath it rather difficult.There is no sign of the platform and the whole area is littered with fly tipped rubbish.Standing under the bridge surrounded by rubbish,it was rather sad to see that this was how the halt had ended up.
On top of the bridge there is no obvious sign of the halt's entrance,but a part of the halt's signpost still remains.The route of the line is easy to see from both sides of the bridge,which is still in good condition after all these years.Slightly saddened by Halberton Halt,we set off to investigate further down the line.
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