The railway line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford was proposed by the Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) and authorised on 5 July 1865; but the company had problems in raising the necessary money.
[3] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.
[1] Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;[5] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.
[7] In September 1911 the station was used as a railhead by the British Army who were running a series of war games.
Following nationalisation in 1948 Thetford Bridge was operated by the Eastern Region of British Railways.