 At 2 : 15 pm on 1 July 1965 , one of the two @-@ car yellow trains lost control while approaching the lower terminus and ran off the end of the rails before smashing into a building . The driver , 74 @-@ year @-@ old Ernest Brown , was trapped in the cab and suffered pelvic injuries , while a number of passengers suffered minor injuries . Although the station was repaired and services were resumed , Pleasurama decided to close the line at the end of the 1965 holiday season . Services stopped on 26 September 1965 . 
