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Derby Road railway station serves the Rose Hill area of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. It is on the Felixstowe Branch Line, from Ipswich railway station at milepost 74¾ (measured from London Liverpool Street station). The railway station was opened by the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Company in 1877. Passenger trains in 2012 are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia but the line also carries numerous freight trains to the Port of Felixstowe which are operated by DB Schenker, Freightliner and GB Railfreight. ==History== The Act of Parliament for the Felixstowe Railway and Pier was granted on 19 July 1875. It was soon built and opened, along with the station at 'Derby Road (Ipswich)', on 1 May 1877. The ''Suffolk Chronicle'' described its location as 'the most inconvenient and out-of-the way spot which could have been selected' and during the line's pre-opening inspection by the Board of Trade, the mayor of Ipswich unsuccessfully made representations for an additional station half mile to the north between Spring Road and Woodbridge Road. On 1 September 1879 the GER took over operation of the line, although the Felixstowe company retained ownership until 5 July 1887 when it sold the railway to the GER. In October 1879 the 'Ipswich' suffix was dropped from the station name and some trains now continued beyond Westerfield to the main Ipswich railway station. This allowed better connections with trains on the GER main line but that station, like Derby Road, was outside the commercial centre of the town.〔 People living on the eastern side of the town generally preferred to use Derby Road when travelling to Felixstowe and the station could be very busy on sunny weekends with day trippers to and stations. They could reach the station on the Ipswich Tramway which terminated outside the station entrance. As a consequence many trains from Felixstowe turned round here instead of continuing the final to Ipswich station.〔Derby Road is from Ipswich station by train, but only across the town on a map.〕 The station was rebuilt with a second platform in 1891. An accelerated diesel-powered service was introduced to the branch on 15 June 1959. Orwell station was closed, but the time from Ipswich to Felixstowe Town was reduced from 35 to 24 minutes which allowed a diesel multiple unit to work there and back within an hour. In 1967 the branch was converted to "Pay Train" operation, with all fares being collected by the guard so that staff were no longer needed at the station other than a signalman. By the end of that year passenger trains no longer continued beyond Felixstowe Town but that part of the line was retained for a few freight services to Felixstowe docks which had just started to handle shipping containers. By 1986 there were 12 to 13 container trains passing through Derby Road in each direction to and from Felixstowe. These lengthy trains could not pass at Derby Road as the loop was too short, and the large number of these trains was causing disruption to the passenger service which was running less frequently than in the past. To resolve these issues the loop was extended in 1999. At the same time the signal box was closed and control of the line transferred to Colchester Panel Signal Box. The bridge under Derby Road was rebuilt in 2003 to take the higher containers from Felixstowe Docks. The temporary footbridge erected at this time is still extant although disused. A planning application was made in 2011 which will see the demolition of the station buildings, removal of the car park and cycle racks. An old people's home will be built in its place.〔''Rail Magazine'' 677〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derby Road railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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