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The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) had built a line from Colchester to Ipswich and a number of directors from the EUR formed a new company, the Ipswich and Bury Railway, chaired by John Chevallier Cobbold to build a line from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds which was known as the "Bury extension". The Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Act 1845 (8 ...
The Ipswich and Bury Railway Company (I&BR) was formed to build a line from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds. Its Act of 21 July 1845 authorised capital of £400,000 and it shared many shareholders and directors with the Eastern Union Railway (EUR) who were in the process of building their line from Colchester to Ipswich. The companies also shared ...
The EUR Ipswich station was a terminus on a short spur, by-passed by the Ipswich and Bury Railway main line, so trains to and from Bury St Edmunds reversed from that station to the point of junction (Halifax Junction). It was not until 1860 that the through station (at the present-day location) was provided. [16]
The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) opened a line from Colchester to Ipswich in 1846. The Ipswich and Bury Railway (I&BR), which was an ally of EUR, was authorised to construct a branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge by an Act of 1847, with a share capital of £200,000. Woodbridge was a port served by sea-going shipping at that time.
The Ipswich and Bury Railway Company (I&BR) was formed to build a line from Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds. Its Act of 21 July 1845 authorised capital of £400,000 and it shared many shareholders and directors with the Eastern Union Railway (EUR), who were in the process of building their line from Colchester to Ipswich. The companies also shared ...
The first railway through central Suffolk was the Ipswich and Bury Railway: it opened from Ipswich to Haughley and Bury St Edmunds in 1846. The company was absorbed by the Eastern Union Railway in 1847, and in 1848 and 1849 the line was extended to Norwich from Haughley.
The first line to Haughley was built by the Ipswich and Bury Railway (which later became part of the Eastern Union Railway (EUR), opening to passengers Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich on 9 December 1846. This line served the original Haughley Road station which opened on 7 December 1846, although passenger services did not commence until 24 ...
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. The station moved to its ...