south cerney railway station was on the midland and south western junction railway in gloucestershire. the station opened on 18 december 1883 on the swindon and cheltenham extension railway line from swindon town to the temporary terminus at cirencester watermoor. the s&cer line amalgamated in 1884 with the swindon, marlborough and andover railway to form the m&swjr, and through services beyond cirencester to the junction at andoversford with the great western railway's cheltenham lansdown to banbury line, which had opened in 1881, started in 1891.