East Suffolk Railway
The East Suffolk railway, which had been incorporated on 3 July 1854, took over the powers of the Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway and the route opened on the 4 December 1854.
It continued north to Haddiscoe on what is now part of the Wherry Lines.
On the 1 June 1859 the line was opened as far south as Ipswich and north to Great Yarmouth.The Beccles to Lowestoft branch line was opened in the same year.