 However he found a number of detailed shortcomings and for the time being he declined permission to open for passenger operation.With the shortcomings attended to, the East Suffolk Railway opened the line from Haddiscoe to Halesworth to goods on 20 November 1854, and to passengers on 4 December 1854.The new company had made arrangements with the Norfolk Railway to work the line, but by the time the line was ready, the Eastern Counties Railway was working the Norfolk Railway, and therefore took over the working.