Background 49 miles / two tracks

British Rail cost cutting 1985 / 28 miles singled

Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) system

Vision: nothing more than two-hourly service ever needed

Infrastructure now fits the vision (or lack thereof)

Growth since the Loop Background

Service not convenient / Push for an hourly service

2008 Feasibility Study

2010 Hourly service Southern half

2013 RETB radio licenses to permanently expire

Growth since the Beccles Loop Background

Beccles Loop opens December 2012

New signalling system commissioned at the same time

Growth since the Beccles Loop Promoting the Service

2012 Community Rail Officer hired

The CRP heavily promotes the new hourly service

Growth since the Beccles Loop Facilities Improvements

New Help Points at and Melton

New CIS at Beccles, So. and

Car parks were more than doubled in size at Melton and Wickham Market

Growth since the Beccles Loop Results

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2013 Southwold Bus Link

2013/2014 CRP Reorganisation

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2014/2015 Designated Service status

2015 Halesworth TVM with ACoRP / SCC funding

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2015 Major ACoRP grant Wickham Market Station canopy

2015 Arches co-funded with the CRP

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2016 Free shuttle bus to Folk East

2016/2017 Walks Booklet and waymarked walks routes

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2016 Queen’s Birthday

2016 CRP opens Visitor Information Point

Growth since the Beccles Loop Community Rail Partnership

2017 New line guides and maps

2017 £100,000 major scheme at Lowestoft

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working on…...

Better facilities at Derby Road and Felixstowe

More parking at Beccles, and

Pedestrian routes at Oulton Broad So. and Melton

Through ticketing from Saxmundham to

Elimination of timetable gaps by reducing unused legacy freight paths to Sizewell A

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with LAs, TOC, , DfT

Board membership

Engage with the DfT and Network Rail

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with ACoRP and the Railway

Heritage Trust Utilising resources, training and sharing best practice

Identifying historical station facilities that might qualify for funding

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with our Neighbour CRPs

Sharing resources and coordinating events

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with Community

More attractive and viable for community business start-ups (who are members of our Line Groups)

Beccles Wickham Market

Trimley and Saxmundham next

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with the Community

National Organisations

Local Organisations

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with the Community

User Groups

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working with the Community

Businesses

Station Adopter groups and Individuals

Growth since the Beccles Loop Working in Partnership...

A team effort that produces results for rail passengers and the communities the railway runs through

Growth since the Beccles Loop