Traffic slowed as industry along the line closed or ramped down production.

A group called Transport Pontiac-Renfrew (TPR) was working towards a deal to acquire the Beachburg sub for future passenger service to Ottawa and Pembroke and freight service.

Without a deal made, in April 2013 CN began removing rail in Pembroke and working east.

A short section of the line between the Ottawa Railway Station and the junction with the Smith Falls Subdivision (after crossing the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Federal Bridge) is currently owned and operated by VIA Rail, which operates its Corridor service between Ottawa and Toronto.

In 2019, the City of Ottawa announced its intention to acquire a portion of the Beachburg Subdivision right of way for possible eventual use as a belt line in the city's growing O-Train light rail transit system.