Passenger services were not resumed when the line reopened as by now the works was better served by bus services using the Barking by-pass. The branch survived as a freight line, with the last trainload of pitch from the works leaving in December 1970.
When the line re-opened, passenger services were not resumed because the works had become more accessible via bus routes along the Barking bypass. The branch continued to operate for freight purposes, and the last shipment of pitch left the works in December 1970.