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Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ipswich, Suffolk.It is 68 miles 59 chains (110.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street [1] and, on the main line, it is situated between Manningtree to the south and Needham Market to the north.
The first railway station opened in Ipswich in 1846 providing services to Colchester and London using the Great Eastern Main Line and to Bury St Edmunds using the Ipswich to Ely Line. Services to Norwich started in 1849, to Cambridge in 1851 and in 1859 the East Suffolk Line provided services as far as Great Yarmouth .
A connecting curve from north to east near East Suffolk Junction opened in 2014. The 1.2 km (3 ⁄ 4 mi) line north-west of Ipswich railway station makes a direct connection between the East Suffolk Line and the Great Eastern Main Line and removed the need for Midlands freight trains travelling to and from Felixstowe to run round in sidings. It ...
The Main Line railway from Ipswich to Brisbane was opened in 1876, [1] as part of an extension of the first railway line from Ipswich to Bigge's Camp (now Grandchester) on 31 July 1865. [ 2 ] Originally built as single track, the section was duplicated from 1885 to 1887, indicating how quickly the traffic volume grew on the line.
The stations at Bramford, Claydon, Needham, Stowmarket, Haughley Road, Elmswell and Thurston all opened on this date. Bury St Edmunds was served by a temporary station east of the current site, with the main station opening in November 1847. The Ipswich and Bury Railway was formally merged with the Eastern Union Railway on 9 July 1847. [2] [3]
Ipswich station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Located in downtown Ipswich, it serves the Newburyport/Rockport Line. The station is handicapped accessible, with a mini-high platform on the northern end of the platform. The former Boston and Maine Railroad station building was demolished by 1962. [2]
System map of the East Suffolk Railway in 1860. Accordingly, the ESR, the L&BR, and the Y&HR amalgamated on 23 July 1858, using the name of the East Suffolk Railway. [2] Captain H. W. Tyler of the Board of Trade made the necessary inspection for passenger operation on 7 March 1859.
Trains from London terminated at the station but from November 1846 when a new line was built by the Ipswich and Bury Railway to Bury St Edmunds trains from Bury used to pass the station, stop at Halifax Junction a short distance to the south and propel back into the terminus usually using the western platform. Trains for Bury would reverse out ...