Ipswich Underground resources

One of the most frequent searches I get is for the Ipswich Underground.

I’m not really how I can say this nicely but IT NEVER EXISTED.

However here are some links:

The Ipswich Star discussion

A transport forum discusses this

The Flickr group

And the page that started the whole thing

The Ipswich Underground Railway in Bridge Ward

Right at the beginning of April 2007, intrepid local historian Simon Knott (of the Suffolk Churches website) decided to build a site devoted to the Ipswich Railway Station.

There are pictures of Halifax Quay, which is near the Bourne Bridge on Wherstead Road:

Bourne Bridge on Wherstead Road

Ipswich Underground: Halifax Quay

The old electricity substation near Wherstead Road

Ipswich Underground: Halifax Quay

I do think Simon made one mistake, which was to ascribe the following to St Matthew’s underground station rather than the EUR public house in Croft Street, which closed a couple of years ago:

Logo of the EUR public house in Croft Street

Ipswich Underground: EUR logo

If you are wondering why it no longer exists, indeed why so few people talk about it the answer is in this link:

Ipswich Underground

Simon Knott we salute you!