[4] After the end of the Second World War, the Birkenfeld Railway lost significance, as trade with the nearby Saar Protectorate, which was occupied by France, was restricted.

[4] Financial problems at Degussa AG and Birkenfelder Ziegelei, which were connected to the railway, as well as decreasing passenger numbers finally led to the decommissioning and dismantling of the line in the 1970s and 1980s.

The entrance building of Neubrücke station is protected as a monument under the Rhineland Palatinate Conservation Act.

In the working day peaks, individual Regionalbahn services on line RB 33 to and from Idar-Oberstein/Kirn end or start in Neubrücke.

Neubrücke (Nahe) station is also a stop for coach services on the Luxembourg–Frankfurt am Main route operated by DeLux-Express.