 In March 1963, the Beeching report was published which called for the withdrawal of passenger services on the Leeds-Wetherby-Harrogate and Church Fenton-Wetherby lines and the closure of their stations.The lines were the first to be closed under Beeching's plans.A headline, "First Lamb to the Beeching slaughter", mentioned that "No Regular Passengers Object at Inquiry", which was the case for only the Church Fenton line.