Ipswich station Freightliner Depot 2012  Page 3

Freightliners depot or refueling point at Ipswich is next to the station.

Photos on this page were taken from the station.

Freightliner class 66590 on the 6th of September 2012

Freightliner class 90 042  Freightliner Coatbridge

Freightliner Class 70020 at Ipswich on the 6th of September 2012

Freightliner class 66954 on the 6th of September 2012

Class 66414 In plain blue colours at Ipswich in 2012

This class 66 locomotive was a DRS locomotive . Freightliner leased some Class 66s that were formerly used by Direct Rail Services I think this is may be one of them.

 DRS (freightliner) class 66420 on the 6th of September 2012.

This Class 66 has been used by Frieghtliner but was not repainted.

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.