View taken from above the tunnel mouth of Ipswich Station in the early 1970s.
The refurbishment of Ipswich station is nearing completion and to mark the we are looking back at the station’s history.
Ipswich is a historic county town in Suffolk, England. The town is located in East Anglia about 10 miles (16 km) away from the mouth of the ...
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EMU 321405 arrives at Ipswich with a service to London Liverpool Street sometime during September 2002. Scanned from an original.
Obellio DVT 82107 heads a service to Norwich
Class 47 Brush diesel hauled car train waiting on the down at CO313 Ipswich 1985. Ford assembled cars in Germany and Belgium and were moved through Harwich docks by cartics . This one at Ipswich is the 13 24 Parkeston Whitemoor Bathgate service according to Colin in the comments section , thanks for the information there . Vauxhall G.M. Ford and British Leyland had regular runs to and from Harwich and the continent during the seventies and eighties. Harwich lost most of this work when the channel tunnel was opened. See Radars pic here of the Harwich end at the time www.flickr.com/photos/radar666/3396049628/in/faves-120640... Sadly Ford of Dagenham only make diesel engines now and G.M no longer make cars at Luton.
The Monster over Wolston Park. This was taken on October 15 2011, prior to the first real storm of the season. October 15 2011. ..Image is Copyright Judi Turner-Buzer
Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, Queensland Rail operates suburban and long-distance passenger services. It also owns and maintains approximately 8,000 kilometres of track in Queensland. Queensland Railways was the first operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge (in this case 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)) for a main line,[1] and this remains the systemwide gauge within Queensland today.
NASC Street Rod Nationals Trinity Park Ipswich Suffolk U.K. Sunday 29th August 2010
The name means either 'hill next to the dwelling,' or 'hill belonging to Bygge,' a Saxon name. Historically the settlement was known as Aperfield while Biggin Hill referred to a farm and open land in the area. It took the name Biggin Hill after World War II in recognition of the role played by Biggin Hill RAF base.
Memorial on top of Ham Hill Country Park, near Stoke sub Hamdon outside Yeovil, Somerset.
Ipswich station
C17 253 heads a load of Ipswich coal for the power station at New Farm.
Step out of the train station at Ipswich and you might at first wonder what brought you here. Initial impressions, however, can be misleading as this ancient town does have plenty of character and a peculiar charm that slowly takes hold as you stroll its venerable streets.
In the top photo Tower Ramparts bus station was just a row of bus stops alongside Tower Ramparts secondary modern school. The rest of the area was a car park. Ipswich Buses were running Trolley Buses up until 1963, and although some people remember them fondly and wish we still had them today, they tend to forget the untidy overhead cables and roadside posts which supported the cables throughout the town and its outskirts, which were not a pretty sight. Ipswich is much smarter today without them. By the time the school was demolished in 1979 and replaced by the new Stoke High School at Maidenhall, the car park had gone and the area had become a bus station more like we know it today. The old school site lay empty for awhile and the new Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre was not built on the plot until 1986. The Bus Station area has been remodelled a couple of times since it was first built, the last time being in 2013 as part of the 'Travel Ipswich' project funded by the Department of Transport. In the daytime as many as 120 buses pass through this bus station in an hour. That's as busy as Heathrow! There used to be underground toilets here as well as at the Old Cattle Market bus station but these have all gone. Disabled laws and modern trends saw an end to these which did have their associated problems, as with pedestrian underpasses which are not as popular today. Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre is scheduled for a £4million makeover beginning in January 2015 and it's name will change to 'Sailmakers' although the locals will probably go on calling it Tower Ramparts for a long time to come. www.flickr.com/photos/ipsoc/8962921463/ kindred-spirit.co.uk/blog/tower-ramparts-school-ipswich
Brief history of the line. The line to Felixstowe had its beginnings on November 30th 1874, when a local landowner Colonel George Tomline of the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Company put forward plans to build a line from a terminus at Westerfield Station on the East Suffolk line to a terminus at Felixstowe Pier. The plans were approved and the line opened on 1st May 1877 with stations at Westerfield, Derby Road, Orwell, Felixstowe Beach and Felixstowe Pier. On 1st September 1879 the Great Eastern Railway took over operation of the line and on 5th July 1887 bought the line from what was now The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company. On 1st May 1891 The G.E.R. opened a new station at Trimley and in November of the same year built a second platform and passing loop at Derby Road. The station originally only had the current down platform. The G.E.R then built a new station at Felixstowe, the now Felixstowe Town station which opened on July 1st 1898. Closure dates. 1951 July 2nd:- Felixstowe Pier closed. 1955 June:- Orwell Station closed. 1959 January:- Felixstowe sub shed closed, the last engine allocated being Class L1 67710. 1964 July 13th:- Freight facilities withdrawn from Trimley and Westerfield. 1966 December 5th:- Freight facilities withdrawn from Felixstowe Town and Felixstowe Beach. 1967 September 11th:- Felixstowe Beach closed. Reference:- The Felixstowe Branch. H.I. Quale and G.T. Bradbury. 1978 All Photographs, Alan Moore unless otherwise stated. Drivers eye view Freightliner Felixstowe Central Terminal to Ipswich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnx2AfznlL4
Staff at Baylham Care Centre in Ipswich, Suffolk, came up with the quirky idea as a way to help those living with dementia complete daily tasks and activities that felt familiar. The village (pictured) boasts a post office, sweet shop, green grocer's and a train station.
