- Chiseldon Camp railway station
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Chiseldon Camp Halt View from the site of Chiseldon Camp Halt towards the south Location Place Chiseldon Area Wiltshire Coordinates 51°30′09″N 1°43′15″W / 51.50240°N 1.72086°WCoordinates: 51°30′09″N 1°43′15″W / 51.50240°N 1.72086°W Grid reference SU193782 Operations Original company Midland and South Western Junction Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms 1 History 1930 Station opens 1961 Station closes Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZSwindon Area Railway Map LegendGWML to London Highworth branch line Stratton Stratton Park Halt Stratton St Margaret Works M&SWJR to Cheltenham M&SWJR to Southampton Hayes Knoll Chiseldon Camp Halt Blunsdon Chiseldon Moredon Platform Swindon Town Moredon Power Station Swindon Rushey Platt Purton Golden Valley Line Wootton Bassett SWML to Swansea GWML to Bristol Chiseldon Camp Halt was a small railway station on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway line south of Swindon in Wiltshire.
History
Chiseldon village was provided with a station when the line opened as the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway in 1881, and during the First World War a long siding was built from the station to the military camp at Draycot Foliat.
In 1930, with the M&SWJR having been taken over by the Great Western Railway and with greater competition from road transport, a halt was opened on the main line itself about half a mile from the camp. The station was a single platform with a shelter, and it was unstaffed and run from Chiseldon station.
In the Second World War the Americans were stationed in large numbers at the then-named Chiseldon Camp and the line was extensively used for military transportation, as it linked the Midlands to the south. But traffic on the M&SWJR fell steeply after the War and the line closed to passengers in 1961, with goods facilities withdrawn from this section of the line at the same time. No trace of the station now remains, though the rail route is part of the National Cycle Network.
Route
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Chiseldon Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Swindon & Cheltenham Extension RailwayOgbourne References
- Wiltshire Railway Stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004, ISBN 1-904349-33-1
Closed railway stations in Wiltshire Bristol and North Somerset Railway Salisbury Branch Line Devizes Branch Line Reading to Taunton line Patney and Chirton · Woodborough · Manningford Halt · Wootton Rivers Halt · Savernake Low LevelChippenham and Calne Line Midland and South Western Junction Railway Cricklade · Moredon Platform · Rushey Platt · Swindon Town · Chiseldon · Chiseldon Camp · Ogbourne · Marlborough Low Level · Marlborough High Level · Savernake High Level · Grafton and Burbage · Collingbourne Kingston Halt · Collingbourne · Ludgershall · TidworthGreat Western Main Line Box · Box (Mill Lane) Halt · Corsham · Christian Malford Halt · Dauntsey · Wootton Bassett · Wootton Bassett Road · Stratton Park HaltHighworth branch line Stratton · Stanton · Hannington · HighworthGolden Valley Line Oaksey Halt · Minety and Ashton Keynes · PurtonWessex Main Line Lacock Halt · Beanacre Halt · Broughton Gifford Halt · Holt Junction · Staverton HaltBulford Camp Branch South Wales Main Line Hullavington · Little Somerford · Brinkworth · Great SomerfordOther lines Dinton · Downton · Edington and Bratton · Idmiston Halt · Lavington · Malmesbury · Porton · Semley · Wilton SouthCategories:- Disused railway stations in Wiltshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1930
- Railway stations closed in 1961
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