Greenway Halt railway station is a small

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

on the Dartmouth Steam Railway, a

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, 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, Torbay, Galmpton in Devon, England. Once the home of the author Agatha Christie, it is now owned by the National Trust. The estate was served by the Dartmout ...

, the historic home of

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...

History

The railway to was built by the

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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,

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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

. The railway is now promoted as the Dartmouth Steam Railway. 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 platform 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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