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.
Following the railway nationalization in 1948, operating both the Ingleton Line and the Settle–Carlisle Line proved to be financially unsustainable. Consequently, on January 30, 1954, passenger service on the Ingleton line was discontinued.