General information | |||||
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Location | Ipswich, Ipswich England | ||||
Grid reference | TM156437 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | IPS | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1860 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 3.292 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.621 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.727 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.108 million | ||||
2021/22 | 2.126 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.428 million | ||||
2022/23 | 2.683 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.588 million | ||||
2023/24 | 3.028 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.666 million | ||||
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Ipswich railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ipswich, Suffolk. It is 68 miles 59 chains (110.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street[1] and, on the main line, it is situated between Manningtree to the south and Needham Market to the north.
Ipswich is also the terminus of the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft, a branch line to Felixstowe and a regional cross-country route to Ely, Cambridgeshire. Its three-letter station code is IPS.
The station is operated by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise.