 The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER; after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.Thetford Bridge was then the last station before .