It became well-used, with services to Cromer and through-carriages to a range of destinations including Peterborough and Leicester.The station was badly bombed in the Baedeker raids of 1942[3] when the main building was largely destroyed.[4] Later in the war, in 1944, a B24 Liberator bomber of the USAF clipped the tower of St Philips Church and then was deliberately steered to crash into the station's sidings and coal yards to avoid the surrounding houses.The Platform 1 wall has been discovered and the bay area has been cleared of undergrowth.The hope for the future is to uncover all the railway related parts of the area and turn it into a memorial garden.