[citation needed] However, in 2012 the signal box was closed and the crossing was renewed with barriers controlled from Cambridge.

The redundant signal box still stands across the road from the westbound (Cambridge) platform (as of 2024).

The Bill for the Norwich & Brandon Railway (N&BR) received Royal Assent on 10 May 1844.

Westbound, there are two trains per day on weekday afternoons, one operated by East Midlands Railway which calls at Harling Road, Thetford, and Ely, before reversing and continuing to Liverpool Lime Street; and the other to Cambridge, operated by Greater Anglia.

On Saturday afternoons there are two westbound services to Stansted Airport via Cambridge, both operated by Greater Anglia.