 In 1966, station was closed, and station became the terminus; however, four years later in 1970 passenger services were curtailed as far as .The line continued as a freight route to access the ICI plant at until 1999, when all traffic on the line ceased.Some of the track is now clear of being overgrown as the northern track was never lifted up past to just beyond Jameson Road Fleetwood although the road bridge was filled in below it.