Plans for reorganisation were set but before formal closure could be effected, fate intervened.

On 24 September 1994 the line was provisionally closed; formal closure followed in 1 March 1995.

Purchased by several local residents to be used as a community centre, after the formal closure of one room schools.

The five cooling towers were demolished in September 1991, followed by formal closure of the station on the 1 October 1991.

The school was first opened in 1966 operatied on the same site until its formal closure.

Consultation on the formal closure of this line is now in progress, with a closing date of 9 August 2012.

A twice-daily taxi service replaced the train service, but was withdrawn on 1 July 2012 thus appearing to mark the final and formal closure of the line.

After formal closure the line was still on occasions used for weekend excursions and to transport pupils to and from local boarding schools.

The academy first opened in September 2010, following the formal closure of Counthill School and Breezehill School;.

The Elsacar Branch closed in 1928, and most of the rest of the canal was closed in 1934, although formal closure did not take place until 1961.