Derby Road (Ipswich) railway station

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Derby Road
Location
Place	Ipswich
Local authority	Ipswich
Operations
Station code	DBR
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.031 million **
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Derby Road railway station is a railway station serving the Rose Hill area of Ipswich in Suffolk. The station is situated on the Ipswich-Felixstowe line. In the eighties there were rail served coal and scrapyards here, but these have now closed. There were also rail served factories to the south-east serving Crane's and Ransome Simms & Jefferies, also now removed.

The station is served by 'one'. All services are operated by diesel multiple units of Classes 153, 156 and occasionally 170.

[edit] History

Trams from Ipswich Cornhill used to arrive at the back of the station (in fact there was a horse tram shed at the side of the still existing Railway Hotel). Services ran to Felixstowe either from Ipswich or from Derby Road at busy times from a platform now covered by fencing belonging to the car sales company. There was also a siding behind the platform for Ipswich trains and as a boy in the 70's (User:Geof Sheppard) I can still remember wagons being stored on this.

[edit] Service

There is an hourly service daily to Ipswich westbound and Felixstowe eastbound. Passengers for London Liverpool Street can change trains at Ipswich

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Derby Road (Ipswich) railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Derby Road (Ipswich) railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Westerfield		'one' Felixstowe Branch Line		Trimley