BR withdrew local passenger trains and closed the station on 7 March 1966, although goods traffic continued until 18 April 1967.

During the First World War, several military camps were built to the south of Dinton covering an area from Compton Chamberlayne to Sutton Mandeville, centred on Fovant on the A30 road.

[1][2] In 1915, a railway was built from Dinton station to the camps at Fovant; the line was two and a half miles in length and had a ruling gradient of 1 in 35.

[3] After the War ended the Fovant camps were used as a major demobilization centre and Dinton station handled thousands of soldiers.

[4] The demobilization work ended on 16 January 1920, and the branch was handed over to the London and South Western Railway on 26 April 1920.