 Excursions, ramblers specials and summer seaside trips were commonplace after closure to passengers, with the last official passenger working being a special worked in conjunction with the opening of the BMEWS base at RAF Fylingdales in November 1963.The section between Kirbymoorside and Pickering was closed to all traffic in the same month as the passenger service, although a small section at Pickering was retained as a headshunt for a gas works on the western side of the line.Tracklifting was carried out between Kirbymoorside and Pickering soon after closure and this left Kirbymoorside as a terminus until all the Ryedale lines were closed completely in 1964.