 It was used by author and engineer L. T. C. Rolt who lived in nearby Stanley Pontlarge in the 1920s.Gretton Halt closed on 7 March 1960, the same day on which the local passenger service was withdrawn from the Honeybourne Line.The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway have reopened the line through the site of Gretton Halt, with the first services between Winchcombe and running in 1997.