Extra East Suffolk Line Train For Football Fans

19 October, 2026

Greater Anglia has timetabled an additional train for Ipswich Town football fans travelling home after the club’s match against Nottingham Forest on Friday 23 October.

After the match at Portman Road, the following additional service will run from Ipswich to Lowestoft:

22:45 Ipswich
22:59 Woodbridge
23:04 Melton
23:10 Wickham Market
23:21 Saxmundham
23:28 Darsham
23:36 Halesworth
23:43 Brampton
23:52 Beccles
00:02 Oulton Broad South
00:09 Lowestoft

Connor Lake, Special Events Delivery Manager, Greater Anglia, said:

“We have worked with Ipswich Town Football Club and the East Suffolk Lines Community Rail Partnership to identify and respond to customer demand, and this additional service is a direct result of that partnership working.

“We always want to support large local events where possible and make it easy for people to travel by train so they can leave the car at home.”

The following East Suffolk Lines trains are timetabled following the match:

Late night East Suffolk Lines trains following the match:

22:18 to Lowestoft
22:28 to Felixstowe
22:45 to Lowestoft (the extra train)

To save time and avoid queues, passengers are advised to buy tickets online or via the Greater Anglia app before they travel; people travelling in groups of three or more can save money with Greater Anglia’s GroupSave ticket

For timetables and to book rail tickets, visit the Greater Anglia app or www.greateranglia.co.uk.

The extra train is part of Greater Anglia’s planning to support major events and make travelling by rail travel easier.