Ipswich Rail Chord

post-decision

The construction and operation of a new railway link (known as a "chord"), 1,415m long, to the north of Ipswich Goods Yard, Ipswich, Suffolk, linking the Great Eastern Main Line and East Suffolk Line railways. The construction of the railway includes the widening of the embankment carrying the Great Eastern Main Line, reconstruction and widening of the bridge over Sproughton Road, Ipswich, a new railway bridge across the River Gipping, a new railway embankment on the south-eastern side of the river and the of the existing railway bridge carrying the East Suffolk Line railway over the river.