Attleborough is situated between Eccles Road and Spooner Row, 108 miles 19 chains (174.2 km) from London Liverpool Street via Ely.

However, the line only got to Trowse, in the suburbs of Norwich, as the contractors were having to build a swing bridge to cross the navigable River Wensum.

The ECR trumped the EUR by taking over the NR, including Attleborough Station on 8 May 1848.

Five years after its reopening Spooner Row closed for a second time on 1 August 1860, once again leaving Wymondham as the next station east of Attleborough.

[2] 20 years after the GER was formed Spooner Row reopened for the third and final time.

However, in 2012 the signal box was closed and the crossing was renewed with automatic barriers with warning lights.

The typical service is one train per hour in each direction between Norwich and Cambridge, operated by Greater Anglia.

[3][4] The station is also served by a limited East Midlands Railway service of three trains per day in each direction between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street via Nottingham.