The Bure Valley railway station stands on the site of what was once the station at Aylsham South. The track runs along the same route as the old full size railway used to run.

The station at Aylsham (which was known initially as “The Great Eastern”) was opened as trains began to run through to Norwich on 1st January 1880. On the 27th September 1948, the station was officially renamed “Aylsham South”

Trains ran from Norwich to Norwich, via Wymondham, Dereham, County School and Wroxham. By taking a 3s. 3d. return day ticket from Norwich to Foulsham, it was possible to travel from Norwich to Norwich without changing.

The line was quiet, with only 6000 passengers a year travelled from Aylsham to Norwich or beyond, even with local traffic and special trains, typical trains only carried between 5 and 25 passengers.

The Line closed to passenger traffic in 1952 with the last passenger train running on 15th September – 11 years before the infamous Beeching Report - but remained open to freight traffic until much later. Freight traffic from Aylsham included grain for the Scottish Whisky industry and general merchandise. The station was used for freight trains carrying concrete beams from the concrete works in Lenwade. The concrete was used mainly for bridge construction. The concrete beam traffic over the line ceased in late 1981 and British Rail formally closed the line on 6th January 1982. The tracks were lifted during 1984 to make way for Bure Valley Railway.