Ipswich Railway Station

A very normal English railway station, I’d say. They have a small convenience store inside the building where you can buy beverages, newspapers and such as well as a coffee shop and a coffee stand on platform 2.
The station itself doesn’t look like much from the outside but hosts several manned paydesks inside the building as well as automatic ticket machines both in front of the building and inside.
It will take you about 10 minutes to walk to the center of Ipswich from the train station which is a plus, especially when the weather’s nice, but if it ain’t, there’s a bus stop right in front of the building.
I was positively surprised by the kindness of the people that work here — we departed from this station twice to go to London and during those two days we were met by very kind, helpful and polite railway employees. I’m not accustomed to the British way of speaking but it was very nice to hear the cashier say «I’m very sorry Madame, but.» in a very English manner when we were unable to change the departure hour of our tickets on our last day in Ipswich. So the very regular, borderline boring train station of Ipswich is saved by it’s very kind and extremely helpful staff!

Busy station with a large multi-​level car park for longer stay periods or short stay spaces are available in front of the station.
The station is a local hub for journeys to London as well as Cambridge, Norwich for connections to more rural East Anglia Locations.
There is a WHSmiths opposite the main ticket points. The LED display board sometimes doesn’t function and is difficult to read.
LED clocks display the time at various locations on the platforms.
A small covered foot bridge is used to cross the track, though those requiring assistance can be escorted along another less stressed route.
There are various waiting rooms throughout the station including first class facilities.
There is an AMT coffee bar as well as a small café selling filled baguettes.