This line closed in 1950 except for a freight only service to Thornton Dale which succumbed in 1963. A second branch, the Gilling and Pickering Line, headed west for Kirbymoorside, Helmsley, Gilling and eventually Pilmoor on the East Coast Main Line. This line provided Pickering's through passenger service to York but was closed in 1953. A bus service, operated by Yorkshire Coastliner, now replaces the railway line to Malton and York, which is advertised along with railway services on the station's departure boards.