The PRR refused to do so, though trains stopped at Nields Street occasionally after World War I.

[3] However, West Chester Borough Council opposed that plan in the hope that Market Street station would become a downtown transportation center.

The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission allowed the PRR to vacate the dilapidated Market Street station.

SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line.

Though it has not been regularly maintained since its 1986 closure, WCRR volunteers paint the station site on occasion.