Chiseldon Camp railway station

Chiseldon Camp Halt was a small railway station on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway line, south of Swindon in Wiltshire, England.

Chiseldon Camp Halt
View from the site of Chiseldon Camp Halt towards the south
Location
PlaceChiseldon
AreaWiltshire
Coordinates51.50240°N 1.72086°W / 51.50240; -1.72086
Grid referenceSU193782
Operations
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
History
1930Station opens
1961Station 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–Z
Railway lines in Swindon
Stratton
Stratton Park Halt
Stratton St Margaret Works
Midland & Sth Western Jn Rly
to Cheltenham
Midland & Sth Western Jn Rly
to Southampton
Hayes Knoll
Chiseldon Camp Halt
Blunsdon
Chiseldon
Moredon Halt
Swindon Town
Moredon Power Station
Swindon
Rushey Platt
Purton
Wootton Bassett Junction

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 But traffic on the M&SWJR fell steeply after the War and the line closed to passengers in 1961, with goods facilities withdrawn from this section of the line at the same time.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; the rail route is part of the National Cycle Network.[1]

Route
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Chiseldon   Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway		   Ogbourne

Sources
  • Wiltshire Railway Stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004, ISBN 1-904349-33-1
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References
  1. "National Cycle Network - Route 482". sustrans. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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