Timeline Calne: 18 September 1965, Last passenger train

Calne Branch Railway at Calne Heritage Centre.

The last passenger train to run on the Calne branch was the Calne to Chippenham. It carried 142 passengers with a capacity of 262, leaving at 11:20pm. No passengers boarded at Stanley Bridge Halt, however a single passenger boarded at Black Dog Halt, a Mr. Douglas Lovelock, the last fulltime railwayman to be stationed at the Halt.

The driver was Frank Cannon, a railway man of 30 years standing. Railway police were also aboard to ensure safety, while fog detonators were exploded.

Between Calne and Black Dog Halt, 102 fog detonators were exploded - one for each year this branch line had been in operation.

After celebrations, the train that made this journey was put into the passenger sidings at the Chippenham station.

Reference:
Tanner, G., 1972. The Calne Branch. Oxford Publishing Co.