Eastern Union Railway

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The Eastern Union Railway opened for public passenger traffic on 15 June 1846, from an end-on junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Colchester, to a terminus at Ipswich. One of the main protagonists was John Chevallier Cobbold and the engineer was Peter Bruff.

A connecting line to Bury St Edmunds was opened on 7 December 1846 and a further extension from Haughley to Norwich on 12 December 1849.

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From "East Anglia's First Railway", Terence Dalton, 1987 and "Railways of the Eastern Region, Volume 1", Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989