 The Lowestoft and Beccles Railway and the East Suffolk Railway amalgamated by Act of 23 July 1858; the Beccles to Lowestoft line, now effectively a branch of the East Suffolk Railway, was opened as a single line on 1 June 1859.It left the Yarmouth main line immediately north of Beccles.In 1855 Yarmouth traffic to London was still going by way of Ely, a considerable detour.