 The January 1959 timetable arranged that express services on the route ran every three hours between Yarmouth (South Town) and Ipswich; they were supplemented by an hourly diesel multiple unit service, which generally ran via Gorleston and Lowestoft (reverse) to Beccles, then calling at Halesworth, Saxmundham and Woodbridge only.Minor stations were served by occasional all stations services.On 2 November 1959 the line between Beccles and Yarmouth South Town was closed.