The post-war boom experienced by the King 's Lynn to Hunstanton line was not felt on the West Norfolk Junction Railway , whose inconveniently-sited stations contributed to declining passenger traffic . Passenger services between Wells and Heacham were withdrawn from 2 June 1952 , but the line remained open to freight . In the North Sea flood of 1953 , the track between Wells and was so severely damaged that British Railways considered it not worth repairing and the line was closed completely between these two places . The station closed a little over ten years later when the line from Dereham to Wells closed to passenger traffic on 5 October 1964 , freight continuing until the end of the month
North Sea flood of 1953
North Sea flood of 1953
Wells-next-the-Sea railway station