Question marks remain over the future of a historic station after a rail firm said no-one had a remit to restore it.

Heritage campaigners said Brandon Station, on the Norwich to Ely line, was under "imminent threat" in March after a safety inspection revealed it was in danger of collapsing.

The east-bound platform was closed to passengers and replacement buses were brought in while scaffolding was placed around the listed station building, which has stood empty for decades.

The platform was reopened in April. Conservation group SAVE Britain's Heritage urged train operator Greater Anglia to restore the building, rather than partially-demolish it.

Eight months later, the firm said it was still awaiting a report setting out the options for the structure.

A spokesman added: "In addition, no organisation, either within the rail industry or separate from it, is either funded or remitted to restore the building. 

"We will await the results of the report and consider what next steps are appropriate.

"In the meantime, our first priority is to ensure passengers using the station can do so safely, hence why the current scaffolding is in place as a precautionary measure."

Built in 1845, the flint-knapped building is believed to have been designed by sculptor John Thomas.

Brandon served as the terminus station connecting the Norfolk Railway (formerly the Norwich & Brandon) and the Eastern Counties Railway.

During the Second World War, it served as the main station for the US Air Force's nearby bases of Lakenheath and Mildenhall.

Although the station is still a well-used stop on the main line from Cambridge and Norwich, the station offices were closed in 1978 and up until September 2004 were leased to a building company. They are now empty and boarded up.

Proposals to demolish the station were abandoned in 2020 after a judge ordered them to be put on hold.