Following the withdrawal of the services on the line in 1955, a Chailey resident, Margery Bessemer, forced its re-opening in 1956 for a short period when she discovered that the original Acts of Parliament which authorised the line's construction imposed a statutory obligation on British Railways to continue running services.

British Railways responded by running the most meagre timetable possible, the so-called "Sulky Service".

The site of the station platforms in a cutting was subsequently infilled and covered by housing.

Short sections of the platforms have been excavated and preserved in the gardens of the houses on the former station site.

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