It is 17 miles 40 chains (28 km) down the line from Wymondham and is the northernmost station owned by the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust.

County School was built as a rural junction station, even though the Wroxham branch left the Wells line a mile north at Broom Green.

On 14 March 1918, the horse pulling a milk float bolted, jumped the level crossing gate and set off along the railway towards North Elmham.

A down train was approaching the station, but managed to stop close to the southern signal box before it was struck by the oncoming milk float, with the horse continuing towards Elmham.

This was a twice-weekly serial, based on a fictional vets' practice in an East Anglian village with a post office and shop, church, pub, railway station and racing stable.

The line remained open for freight until the withdrawal of goods traffic from Ryburgh in 1981, with the track removed by British Rail in 1983.

[14] By May 1990, track had been restored through platform 1, with a Ruston diesel and LMS brake van actively displayed[15] and the short line being inspected for passenger operation on 21 June 1990.

[18][19] With the announcement of the closure of the entire branch between Wymondham, Dereham and North Elmham, a new company called Great Eastern Railway (1989) Limited was formed to save the line.

In June 1995 Breckland Council informed the receivers that they wished for GER (1989) Ltd. to give up the lease for County School station so that they could review their operations in respect of the site.

[22] In July 1995, police were called in to investigate the sudden and unauthorised road transfer of two Mid Norfolk Railway Society Mark 2 coaches to a breaker's yard at nearby Lenwade.

[23] In November 1996 Breckland District Council brought in 24-hour security guards at the County School site to prevent the stripping of the property after having served an eviction order on GER (1989) Ltd. in mid-October.

[24] County School station was boarded up and GER (1989) Ltd. rolling stock was concentrated in the isolated yard prior to disposal or scrapping.

Over the next year, the MNR spent £28,000 restoring the station buildings to wartime London and North Eastern Railway condition, tidying the grounds and removing scrap material left by the former lessee.

Recognising the financial and manpower investment that the MNRPT had put into the site over the years, Breckland District Council offered to sell the station and trackbed to the railway for the nominal sum of £1.

[39] The route north towards Fakenham is protected by North Norfolk District Council from any development that would be prejudicial to the restoration of a railway line[40] and is included in the proposals of the Campaign for Better Transport[41] The location of this original box is not considered suitable to future operational needs, but is intended to be restored and used for other purposes.