 The Framlingham branch had long suffered from falling patronage, and it was closed to ordinary passenger traffic on 3 November 1952.For some years Framlingham College special trains, and also ramblers' excursions ran on the branch.The last passenger train on the Framlingham branch was a ramblers' excursion on 12 April 1963 from London Liverpool Street to Framlingham, believed to be only time a diesel locomotive worked a passenger train on the branch