This entire route was wiped away by Harold wilsons Labour government in the 1960s. This was after Wilson Pledged that they would not implement the Beeching Report. They were elected with that promise. Sadly, Wilson was in the pocket of the unions. The car making unions(all led by communists) wanted our railways closed down so that their members would have more work and more money. So Wilson closed down more railway lines in those five years than had been closed down in the history of the railways
Thankfully we can still enjoy this route via train simulator.
Its a real pity that so many communites were decimated so the unions couls get richer. Thankfully they were finally made to pay when the car making plants were closed down and the greedy workers were themselves thrown out of work. Then these people expected us all to feel sorry for them when they didn't care less about the communities they were destroying.
Its called rough justice
. Many lines that were closed actually were running at a profit. Dr Beeching did not close a single railway line. He only recommended lines for closure. It was the government of the day who closed the lines.