In the later years under British Railways control, Eardington had much of its custom from fishermen at weekends and during the summer months.

Although mistakenly thought by some people to have been closed as part of the Beeching axe in 1963[2] Eardington's planned closure pre-dated his report.

The Halt closed temporarily for repair work in October 1979, and briefly reopened in 1981 before being finally deleted from the time table in 1982.

In 2023 the SVR announced that following negotiations with the Office of Rail and Road, the station would re-open on limited occasions for trains which would fit the platform, a maximum of four carriages.

[3] On Thursday 14 September 2023 the first time tabled services stopped at Eardington, a 4 coach train hauled by LMS Ivatt 4MT 43106