[1] The bill for the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR) received Royal Assent on 18 June 1842.

Brundall station opened with the line and was situated east of Norwich Thorpe and west of Buckenham.

[4][1] On 15 December 1845 a swing bridge over the River Wensum opened and this allowed freight trains going to and from Yarmouth via Brundall to bypass Norwich.

The ECR trumped the EUR by taking over the Norfolk Railway, including Brundall station, on 8 May 1848.

The GER obtained powers to build a new line from Great Yarmouth to Brundall via Acle.

On nationalisation on 1 January 1948 the station and its operations came under the management of the Eastern Region of British Railways.