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The Eye Branch was a two mile long single track branch railway line in Suffolk, England that ran from Mellis railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line to Eye via one intermediate station, Yaxley Halt[1].
In the 1840s, the town leaders of Eye lobbied to have the new main line from London to Norwich run through the town but the line was eventually was routed through nearby Diss. The Eye to Mellis branch line was authorised in 1865 but due to financial difficulties the opening of the line was delayed until 2 April 1867. The line closed to passengers on 2 February 1931 but remained open to freight serving local airfields. The line closed completely on 13 July 1964.