Though traces of the station and railway line can still be seen the service which was opened in 1862 was terminated in 1969.
It was led by President and General Manager John N. Tisdale of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, and Superintendent Wythe Denby.
In 1962 the poet laureate John Betjeman visited Snettisham station as part of a 10 minute documentary film detailing the journey from King's Lynn to Hunstanton.