Two ways from Ipswich to Great Yarmouth

[zaax]

Will Greater Anglia allow me to go to Great Yarmouth via Lowestoft from Ipswich ?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Will Greater Anglia allow me to go to Great Yarmouth via Lowestoft from Ipswich ?

Point-to-point walk up tickets from Ipswich to Great Yarmouth, such as the £23.80 Off Peak Day Return, are all routed "via Norwich" so reckon you'd likely need a combination of tickets to travel via Saxmundham, to Lowestoft, before continuing to Great Yarmouth.

However, if it's a day trip, an "Anglia Plus One Day Ranger" priced at £28.40 looks to be suitable if travelling at or after 0845 midweek. No time restrictions on weekends or bank holidays.

More info here...

Anglia Plus

Explore parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire with an Anglia Plus ticketThe beauty of these train tickets is that you can 'hop on and hop off' the train - so you can visit more than one destination in a day.You can choose between a One Day Ranger, 'Three Days in Seven' Flexi Rover, or a...

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Anglia Plus One Day Ranger & Anglia Plus 'Three Days in Seven' Flexi Rover
Spend the day travelling with a One Day Ranger for just £28.40 per adult.

 

[JonathanH]

'Via Norwich' is a somewhat odd restriction, as it appears that tickets from Ipswich to Great Yarmouth can still be sold with an itinerary via Lowestoft, so long as the subsequent change is at Norwich, and not Reedham or Brundall.

Many of the trains on the East Suffolk Line run as through trains from Ipswich to Norwich, even though they aren't advertised as doing so. Indeed, at some times of day, the whole journey from Ipswich to Great Yarmouth via Lowestoft and Norwich could be on one train. An example being the weekday 1617 from Great Yarmouth, where the unit then works to Lowestoft, then from there to Ipswich. However the journey time is very much slower than going via Diss.