The station is owned by Network Rail and is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it.

It is also claimed that the Beach station was sited there to be away from the Ordnance Hotel, owned by his rival John Chevalier Cobbold.

The new Town station was opened on 1 July 1898 by Lord Claud Hamilton, the chairman of the railway company.

The direct line from Trimley to Felixstowe Beach was closed and all trains then had to reverse at the Town station before continuing their journey.

Fewer through trains were run from London than before World War I, but from 1929 until 1939 there was a regular Eastern Belle Pullman service.

This train had been operating as the Clacton Pullman but in 1929 was rescheduled to run from London to different LNER resorts in East Anglia each weekday, which resulted in it coming to Felixstowe once a fortnight.

An additional platform was provided at Felixstowe in 1939, but the second track along the branch failed to materialise due to the outbreak of World War II.

The time from Ipswich to Felixstowe Town was reduced from 35 to 24 minutes which allowed a train to work there and back within an hour.

A few months later the branch was converted to "Pay Train" operation, which meant that all fares were collected by the guard, so staff were no longer needed at the station other than a signalman.

An "up" passenger train from Felixstowe to Ipswich left the station despite the signal not being set to permit this move.

After interviewing all the staff involved (train crew, signalman and station master) concluded that the fault lay with the driver (which he readily admitted) who had passed the signal at danger.

[12] On 19 July 1933 a signalling error caused a locomotive to run back into a rake of carriages after it had uncoupled from them.

Ashbee in the domestic revival style using red brick with stone dressings and a pantile roof.

It contained a booking office, refreshment and waiting rooms, and incorporated living accommodation for the Station Master.

[3] An additional pair of platforms were added in 1939, however the Board of Trade Inspector did not visit and approve their use until October 1948 due to the war.