in 1964 fa announced that the necochea station would be closed. although neighbourhoods requested that the decision be reverted, the last train to necochea crossed the bridge over the quequén river in december 1968, with the government alleging that the bridge was not safe. after necochea was closed, quequén was set as the terminus. in 1973 a precarious stop was built to carry passengers closer to the city of necochea. in 1977 services to pinamar were closed due to low profitability, also removing the rail tracks that extended from gral. madariaga.