 The full opening of the line awaited the construction of Lambley Viaduct, and was achieved later in 1852.In the 1950s freight services were withdrawn from Coanwood, and all the intermediate stations were unstaffed.After the locomotive shed closed in 1959 and the line's goods services were withdrawn in the early 1960s, the line operated with a Class 101 Diesel Multiple Unit based at Blaydon and ran as a siding, a simple railway with no signals other than those at the junction, from Haltwhistle.