Tag: Saxmundham

Engineering work to affect train services on East Suffolk line

On three consecutive weekends in April train services on the East Suffolk…

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New information board tells a tale of rail at Saxmundham station

Customers using Saxmundham can now find out the history of the railway…

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Book Review: The Minor Railways of East Anglia: Development Demise & Destiny by Rob Shorland-Ball

3 out of 5Very poor organisation with too much irrelevant information.

This book describes some of the minor railways of the region that…

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Railway bridge refurbished to keep East Suffolk line safe and reliable

Network Rail engineers have completed vital improvements to a bridge that carries…

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Rail replacement buses on East Suffolk Line this August

At the end of August there will be no trains between Ipswich…

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Ipswich-Lowestoft line improvements to continue in August

Trains will not run directly between Ipswich and Lowestoft for ten consecutive…

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Four Suffolk railway stations receive ‘Wildlife Friendly Station’ status

Four Suffolk stations – Needham Market, Saxmundham, Somerleyton and Westerfield – have…

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Network Rail fixes embankment on Ipswich-Lowestoft line

Network Rail has stabilised and widened a mile-long embankment on the East…

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Reminder: East Suffolk Line to close for 13 days

Network Rail will carry out essential work on an embankment north of…

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Network Rail to deal with a deteriorating embankment on the East Suffolk line

Preparations are underway to see the mile-long embankment widened in order to…

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