 On May 2007, RIC announced that rail traffic between Kandos to Gwabegar would be suspended from use effective 30 June 2007.In February 2016 the section from Kandos to Rylstone was reopened for a heritage 660/720 class railcar trip from Lithgow.On 24 October 2017 the NSW State Government announced that $1.1 million would be provided to reinstate an 8km section of the Line between Kandos and Rylstone, enabling the Kandos Museum, Lachlan Valley Railway and Lithgow State Mines Railway to run tourist trains in the section.