[2] The line closed in the 1930s in the face of road competition and increasing maintenance costs but reopened again in 1939 when the outbreak of war led to a fuel shortage for road transport.

[4] The railway company would leave loaded wagons on siding beside the main line and collect empties from the same.

When the line first opened a small steam engine was purchased by the hospital board but it proved to be underpowered and was prone to slipping on the severe gradient up from the main line.

[4] An electric locomotive was brought in but again proved to be underpowered and could only manage to haul one loaded coal wagon up the gradient.

A more powerful electric locomotive was brought in as a replacement in the 1920s and was used until the line closed in the 1930s and the subsequent wartime reopening.