After rail nationalisation in 1948, it was uneconomical to operate both the Ingleton Line and the parallel Settle–Carlisle Line, and so on 30 January 1954 the Ingleton line closed to passenger traffic.
Due to the high costs involved in maintaining both the Ingleton Line and the parallel Settle–Carlisle Line after their nationalization in 1948, it became impractical. As a result, passenger services on the Ingleton line were halted on January 30, 1954.