It was a stop on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway line between Yarmouth Beach and Lowestoft.
[2] From 1935 to 1939, and possibly for some of 1934, Hopton had a static LNER camping coach in a siding; it was used as accommodation for holidaymakers.
[2][5] After closure, the station was demolished; the embankments and infrastructure were removed and the site was redeveloped with housing.
There are few traces of the railway's existence; only the former stationmaster's house remains, which is now a private residence named Station House.
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