2. Railways

Ipswich to Lowestoft

Reference for dates etc. An Illustrated History of the East Suffolk Railway. John Brodribb.
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Leaving Beccles for Yarmouth. The engine shed is prominent in the distance. Photo Brian Leighton. Date unknown, but probably around 1959 when the Yarmouth South Town line closed. Looking at the number of tracks in the picture it's quite remarkable that today there is basically only one remaining, two if you count the station passing loop.
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Leaving Beccles for Yarmouth. The engine shed is prominent in the distance. Photo Brian Leighton. Date unknown, but probably around 1959 when the Yarmouth South Town line closed. Looking at the number of tracks in the picture it's quite remarkable that today there is basically only one remaining, two if you count the station passing loop.

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  • The 1450 Lowestoft to Ipswich passes the Beccles South Signal Box. 28th June 1979.
  • Beccles South Signal Box taken from a passing Ipswich bound dmu on 1st March 1980. The box was demolished on 12th September 1986.
  • Beccles South Box in 1985.<br /> <br /> Image with kind permission of Andrew Gardiner
  • Beccles South Box lever frame.<br /> <br /> Image with kind permission of Andrew Gardiner
  • Beccles Station Exterior View. 28th June 1979
  • Beccles Exterior View 1st October 2008
  • Beccles, view from the footbridge looking towards Oulton Broad showing the abandoned Up platform. 1st October 2008. The up platform has now been reinstated with a passing loop which will allow an hourly service from Ipswich to Lowestoft starting with the December 2012 timetable.
  • Beccles Station buildings. 1st October 2008. The 101 diamond shaped sign at the left hand side of the track is a channel change marker board to instruct drivers to change radio channels on the Radio Electronic Token Block signalling system. Channel 101 is Transmit from train 197.15 Mhz, Receive on 205.15 Mhz.
  • Turbostar 170206 in NXEA livery at Beccles on a Liverpool Street to Lowestoft working. 1st October 2008.
  • Beccles
  • Beccles, facing south c1960. A member of staff attends to the flower beds during a quiet period between rail operations. These were the days of the Best Kept Station awards.
  • 37050 passes Beccles with the Summer Saturdays only 1035 Lowestoft to Liverpool Street on 25th June 1977.
  • Leaving Beccles for Yarmouth. The engine shed is prominent in the distance. Photo Brian Leighton. Date unknown, but probably around 1959 when the Yarmouth South Town line closed. Looking at the number of tracks in the picture it's quite remarkable that today there is basically only one remaining, two if you count the station passing loop.
  • Beccles from an old post card that caught my eye on Yarmouth Market c 1976. A train is standing in the Waveney Valley platform on the left and the Beccles North signal box is prominent to the left of the engine.
  • Beccles facing south c 1958.
  • Beccles facing Lowestoft from the footbridge. Note the bay platform on the left originally used by Waveney Valley Line trains and the engine shed in the distance, top right. 28th June 1979. The engine shed was demolished in 2006.
  • Beccles facing Lowestoft probably around the late fifties. The Beccles North Signal Box can be seen with the Waveney Valley line curving away behind the box. Compare with the previous picture.
  • A fine shot of Beccles c1958 with Britannia Pacific 70034 "Thomas Hardy" arriving on a Yarmouth South Town to Liverpool Street working. Beccles North Junction signal box can be seen to the left. The junction split signals can be seen at the end of the platform. To the left, the Waveney Valley Line. The centre, Yarmouth South Town and the right to Lowestoft. Image:- J.S. Doubleday.
  • Beccles facing north towards Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The North Junction box is to the left. An M and GN Special is just leaving the Waveney Valley Line probably about the time of the lines closure. The engine shed is to the right. Image:- J S Doubleday.
  • Beccles Engine Shed. This was demolished in 2006.
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