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Here are the 10 least used train stations in Suffolk

New figures released by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have revealed Suffolk’s[1] 10 least used train stations.
The latest data compiles entry and exit figures from season tickets, singles and returns – as well the main destination rail users at cer…

?10m ‘innovation’ centre should be built in Harwich

Commissioned by Tendring Council using part of its UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocation, Essex University and Freeport East, the report identifies Harwich as a prime location for bringing together a cluster of forward-thinking businesses and organisati…

Network Rail warns of Christmas disruption in Anglia region

Network Rail is warning Christmas[1] travellers of disruption across the Anglia region due to extensive engineering work.
Its workers will be carrying out major station construction, track and overhead line renewal, bridge demolitions and maintenance o…

Zero Motorcycles UK vying for prestigious Maudes Trophy

Zero Motorcycles[1] is considered by many as one of the pioneers in the electric mobility space. Established in a time when electric motorcycles were still very far from the mainstream, Zero Motorcycles was very much into e-mobility long before it was …

Tidal defences opened as the first phase of Lowestoft Flood …

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Peter Aldous MP for Waveney and Cllr Caroline Topping Leader of East Suffolk Council were joined by community representatives, businesses, invited guests and local students today to mark the completion of the fir…

Port giant hints at major offshore wind base for Cromarty Firth

The UK’s largest port operator has identified part of Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) as having potential for a new offshore wind farm manufacturing and assembly base.
Associated British Ports[1] (ABP), which runs more than 20 port…

East Mersea bus and lorry crash injures 18

. Firefighters have been called to an RTC involving a single decker bus and a HGV which was carrying a steam traction engine. The steam traction engine fell from the lorry and onto the bus trapping and injuring a number of passengers. One critically in…

Greater Anglia’s excellent performance record continues!

Greater Anglia has developed a well-earned reputation for its impressive punctuality with the latest figures released today (21st Sept) demonstrating the rail operator’s incredible levels of punctuality supporting passengers travelling in East Anglia.[…

Fitzmaurice support local children’s charity in coastal convoy

A truck from Fitzmaurice Carriers’ fleet took part in the 36th edition of the East Coast Truckers Children’s Convoy.
The convoy took place on Sunday, 27th August. It started at the former Colman’s factory in Norwich at 10:00 am before travelling around…

Report concludes why track used by Norfolk train ‘washed away’

A report into a Norwich-to-Lowestoft train which narrowly avoided derailment after running onto a washed out section of track has found that Network Rail’s flood management processes were “not effective”. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) h…