Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway

Other users of the service were local industries: farmers' produce, nursery plants and blacksmiths' products were sent by train.

Despite a significant summer tourist trade, featuring in many contemporary guide books, traffic on the branch over the year was not enough to cover rising costs.

The last special passenger train ran as far as Bovey Tracey on 5 July 1970; by 8 September the lifting of the track north of Heathfield had been completed.

[8] Several miles of the line between Bovey and Lustleigh, some of which is now a path open to the public, are being developed by the council to become a cycle track known as the Wray Valley Trail.

As part of this the previously demolished bridge deck over the A382 road was replaced in March 2011 by a new lattice girder structure.

The route rises gradually from Newton Abbot as far as Heathfield, and the gradient then steepens, climbing continuously from Bovey with a long length at 1 in 49 from Lustleigh.