The remainder of the Mount Hope spur soon followed, as did the remaining stub of the Quarryville Branch, the New Holland Branch east of East Earl, and the Reading and Columbia from Lancaster Jct. to Columbia and from Lititz to Akron, all by 1982.
By 1982, all of the mentioned railway lines were completed: the Mount Hope spur, the remaining portion of the Quarryville Branch, the New Holland Branch east of East Earl, and the Reading and Columbia lines from Lancaster Junction to Columbia and from Lititz to Akron.