 It was suspended during World War I, reinstated on 12 July 1919 and extended to in 1920; on the outbreak of war in September 1939, the service was again suspended, but when reintroduced in October 1946, it used a different route between Banbury and Newport.In 1953, rationalisation was carried out which resulted in the closure of the East and West signal boxes and the singling of the line between them for working purposes.The remaining track between the boxes formed the base of a self-contained triangle for turning engines.