In 1883, a northwards extension – the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway – opened from Swindon Town to Cirencester, with further northward extension to a junction with the Great Western Railway's Cheltenham to Banbury line at Andoversford opening in 1891, enabling through trains from the Midlands to the south, through Chiseldon.

[2] The station was on a curved section of track in the middle of the village of Chiseldon, and was for many years busy with both goods traffic, primarily agricultural, and passengers.

In the First World War a long siding was built southward to a nearby army site, at first called Draycott Camp (though the nearest village to it is now spelt as Draycot Foliat) and later Chiseldon Camp.

In the Second World War too the area was the site of considerable military activity, though by then a small halt, Chiseldon Camp Halt, had been built on the line about a mile south of Chiseldon station to serve the military.

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