The post-war boom experienced by the King 's Lynn to Hunstanton line was not felt on the West Norfolk Junction Railway , where inconveniently sited stations contributed to the declining passenger traffic . Passenger services from Wells were withdrawn from 31 May 1952 , but the line remained open to freight until the North Sea flood of 1953 , when the track between Wells and Holkham was so severely damaged that British Rail considered it not worth repairing and the line was closed completely between these two places . The King 's Lynn to Hunstanton line survived 17 more years before itself closing in 1969 amid falling traffic and service cutbacks
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
Heacham railway station