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Ipswich station
Freightliner Depot
2005 Page 2
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Freightliner depot in 2005
Freightliner Class 66573 at Ipswich Depot next to the station in 2005
The Freightliner depot is next to Ipswich station
Freightliner Class 90042 in the Depot next to Ipswich station in 2005
Freightliner class 90 049 in Ipswich station in 2005
Freightliner class 47370 Andrew A Hodgkinson in the Depot at Ipswich in 2005
This class 47 was stored out of use for a long time here. I think it went for scrapping in the end.
Freightliner Class 57010 Freightliner Crusader In Ipswich Depot 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.
Page updated 1/6/2020