Ipswich railway station

You can reach 49 stations directly from Ipswich on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Stowmarket, with 122 trains a day.

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Address: Burrell Road, Ipswich, IP2 8AL

Ipswich is the nearest station for postcodes in IP2, IP1, IP8. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Ipswich

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Stowmarket	122	123	80
Colchester	104	108	74
Manningtree	104	107	69
London Liverpool Street	101	104	68
Stratford	71	72	65
Norwich	68	66	40
Diss	67	66	40
Chelmsford	66	70	31
Bury St Edmunds	55	58	40
Westerfield	46	43	48
Elmswell	40	42	28
Needham Market	40	39	28
Thurston	40	42	28
Cambridge	36	38	28
Derby Road	36	34	22
Felixstowe	36	34	22
Newmarket	36	38	28
Trimley	36	34	22
Witham	34	36	31
Beccles	33	32	26
Brampton	33	32	26
Darsham	33	32	26
Halesworth	33	32	26
Lowestoft	33	32	26
Melton	33	32	26
Oulton Broad South	33	32	26
Saxmundham	33	32	26
Wickham Market	33	32	26
Woodbridge	33	32	26
Marks Tey	30	34	30
Shenfield	30	36	31
Kennett	29	27	16
Kelvedon	28	34	30
Beaulieu Park	26	31	30
Dullingham	26	29	17
Hatfield Peverel	25	30	30
Ely	16	20	12
March	16	16	12
Manea	16	16	12
Peterborough	16	20	12

and 9 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Ipswich is

3,371,206 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 161st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 761,485 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Ipswich and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 943,520 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Nearest other stations

Derby Road 1.6 miles
Westerfield 2.3 miles
Wrabness 7.7 miles
Woodbridge 7.9 miles
Mistley 7.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Ipswich, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Ipswich Stoke Hill · 0.5 miles
Bramford · 2.5 miles
Bentley Church · 3.9 miles
Orwell · 4.5 miles
Claydon railway station (Suffolk) · 4.5 miles
Capel · 4.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.