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Ipswich station
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Passenger Trains in 2005
Class 90 in Ipswich station in 2005 on an up train to London
The Virgin Trains logos have been removed from this locomotive.
This Driving Van Trailer (DVT) was still in Anglia trains colours at Ipswich station in 2005
Driving Van Trailer (DVT) 82133 at Ipswich station in 2005
One class 170204 in Ipswich station in 2005
One class 156418 at Ipswich in 2005
First Great Eastern 360 106 in Ipswich station in 2005
About Ipswich
Ipswich station is on the main line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich. There is a tunnel at the southern end of the station. As well as the trains from London Liverpool Street and Norwich, it also has trains from Cambridge and trains from Ely and Peterborough from the northern end via Bury St Edmunds which leave the main line at Haughley junction north of Stowmarket.
From the southern end of the station as well as the London trains there are local trains from from Harwich and Harwich International (Parkstone Quay) via Manningtree junction. Ipswich also has trains to Lowestoft via the East Suffolk line which leaves the main Norwich line north of the station, at East Suffolk junction. Felixstowe line trains then leave the East Suffolk line at Westerfield junction. Felixstowe has its local serves and now has a lot of container trains from the Felixstowe port branch.
This makes this for a busy station, and Ipwich the hub of this part of Eastern England.
