Ipswich railway station
Ipswich 
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| Location | |
| Place | Ipswich |
| Local authority | Borough of Ipswich |
| Grid reference | TM156437 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | IPS |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.159 million |
| 2012/13 |
3.348 million |
| 2013/14 |
 3.313 million |
| 2014/15 |
3.295 million |
| 2015/16 |
3.285 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1860 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ipswich from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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 65 chains (110.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street 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 branch line to Ely, Cambridgeshire. Its three-letter station code is IPS.
The station is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it.
The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) opened its first terminus in Ipswich, called Ipswich Stoke Hill, in 1846 on Station Road at the other end of the current tunnel close to the old quay for the steamboats and the aptly named Steamboat Tavern. The Ipswich Steam Navigation Company had been formed in 1824/25 during a period of "steamship mania" and briefly offered services from the quay between Ipswich and London calling at Walton-on-the-Naze.
The current station is just to the north of Stoke tunnel, which was constructed as part of the Ipswich to Ely Line which opened as far as St. Edmunds in late 1846.
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