[1] Opened as part of an attempt to encourage holiday traffic on the line,[2] the halt primarily served golfers at the nearby Royal Cromer Golf Club.
[5] The line was served in general by around half a dozen trains each way between North Walsham, Mundesley and Cromer Beach.
[7] However, with no direct service to Norwich - the nearest city - the halt was little-used, and closed in 1953 as part of a package of early rationalisation measures undertaken by British Railways after nationalisation, which also involved the closure of the line from Roughton Road Junction to Mundesley.
The coastal line, although highly picturesque, carried little traffic and its closure made sound economic sense to British Railways.
[8] Due to its wooden construction, virtually no trace of Cromer Links Halt has survived other than the gate to the approach path up the embankment, the rotting remains of which were said to be entangled in the undergrowth at the site of the station.