 There were last-minute petitions and protests organised by the Progress League and direct action from some locals that disrupted the first attempt to demolish the line; Sonja Davies and other local women staged a six-day "sit-in" on the tracks at the Kiwi Station.Special trains were assembled at Nelson consisting of carriages to provide offices and accommodations for the staff and wagons to haul the scrap.The demolition crews began their work at Glenhope on 21 November 1955, and by the end of the week, the Glenhope station was no more.