Meeting Suffolk's rail needs

The Rail Prospectus has been developed in partnership with local authorities, businesses and rail stakeholders.

The prospectus will be used to lobby government, franchise holders and Network Rail to deliver improvements to the county’s rail network and the passenger rail services that operate on it.

East Anglia rail prospectus

The Suffolk Rail Prospectus complements the East Anglia Rail Prospectus.

It was developed by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership in partnership with local authorities from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. The East Anglia Rail Prospectus contains proposals for addressing strategic issues affecting the East Anglia region.

New East West Rail Eastern Section Rail Prospectus

The East West Rail Eastern Section Rail Prospectus sets out the economic and growth opportunities that can be realised by providing better rail connectivity between Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridge with Milton Keynes, Oxford and beyond.

The prospectus has been developed by local authorities in Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in conjunction with New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and the East West Rail Consortium. Through better rail connectivity, the three counties have the potential to improve economic performance, grow industries, create new jobs, and enable housing growth, as well as reduce road congestion and long journey times.

The rail route between Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridge already exists and will form the Eastern Section of the East West Rail link – a new rail route which will connect the Eastern Section via Cambridge and Bedford (known as the Central Section) with Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and Oxford (the Western Section).

Work is progressing on delivering the Western Section and a route is being determined for the Central Section, but the Eastern Section urgently needs upgrading before the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire can reach their full economic potential and play their part in forming a strategic rail route from East to West.

Eastern Section stakeholders will be working with East West Rail Consortium partners, Members of Parliament, businesses, national bodies and government organisations to drive forward the improvements needed to support increased passenger rail frequencies, reduce journey times and support more freight on rail.