 In 1934 a "new" signal box at the opposite end of the station, brought second-hand from Maerdy, was put into use when the line from Dunster to was doubled in 1934.The GWR was nationalised into British Railways in 1948 and from 1964, when goods traffic was withdrawn on 6 July, the line was run down until it was eventually closed on 4 January 1971.The line was reopened as a heritage railway operated by the West Somerset Railway on 28 March 1976.