British Railways renamed the station Woodford Halse on 1 November 1948. Following the 1963 "The Reshaping of British Railways" report, BR closed the station, the main line and the Banbury branch of the former GCR on 5 September 1966. All tracks and most railway buildings were dismantled. The population fell sharply as former railway workers left the parish, but new developments in later decades have since increased it. Where the GCR's line, depot and yards were sited is now a tree plantation and a small modern industrial estate, but evidence of the railway is still visible.