Everything about The East Suffolk Line totally explained
The
East Suffolk Line is a railway line from
Ipswich to
Lowestoft in
Suffolk. It was once part of the
Great Eastern Railway, but is now a secondary line. There is a faster service via
Norwich, but the necessity to change trains and the greater distance involved means the travel time is roughly the same regardless of the route.
The towns and villages on the line are listed below.
The first part of the line was opened in 1854, from
Beccles to
Halesworth. It continued north to
Haddiscoe, now on the
Wherry Lines. The line was taken south to Ipswich and north to
Great Yarmouth in 1859. In 1959 the line north of Beccles was closed and services rerouted via
Oulton Broad South to
Lowestoft.
Passenger services are operated by
National Express East Anglia, who replaced the previous franchise
Anglia Railways in April
2004. Some freight services are also operated over the line, including
EWS-hauled timber traffic, and nuclear flask trains to
Leiston (for
Sizewell nuclear power station) operated by
Direct Rail Services.
Passenger services are operated by
diesel multiple units. Most are
Class 170 and on Monday-Saturday these usually operate direct to
London Liverpool Street. Almost all other trains are
Class 156 and occasionally
Class 153.
The line is
not electrified. It is double-track from Ipswich to Woodbridge, and then narrows to single track until just before Saxmundham, where there's a passing loop.
From Westerfield to Oulton Broad the line is signalled using
Radio Electronic Token Block controlled from Saxmundham, and is the only line in England to use this system (the system is used elsewhere in the UK in Scotland and Wales).
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