as the readily available rock was worked out by 1937 and it was cheaper to supply ballast from riverbed plants, most of the branch closed in 1938 and the remainder, which had been unused for years, in 1951. between the junction and the edge of egmont national park, few signs of the branch remain. within the park, the old roadbed has been converted into a walking track maintained by the department of conservation. various relics of the railway and quarrying activity are visible from the track, most notably the substantial remnants of the ballast crusher.