Transport in East Anglia

Transport in East Anglia consists of extensive road and rail networks as well as one of England's key regional airports and the country's busiest container port.

Despite having very little motorway within their borders, the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire have modern transport links with the rest of the country.

[2][3][4][5] All scheduled and charter flights were halted at the end of January 2016 due to a lack of passenger numbers.

The East Coast Main Line passes through the region with some express trains stopping at Peterborough.

These routes all run north-south and connect the region with London and, in the case of the East Coast Main Line, with cities in the north of Britain.

East Midlands Railway operates services from Norwich to Liverpool and CrossCountry runs trains west from the Cambridge area.

The A14 is particularly significant as an east-west route, linking the Port of Felixstowe with the Midlands and the national motorway network through Cambridgeshire.

National Express coach services run from London to major cities in the region including Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Cambridge.

Provision for cyclists is good in some of the major towns within the region with Cambridge having the highest level of cycle use in the UK with between 18% and 25% of residents travelling to work by bicycle[26][27] and nearly 50% of residents cycling at least once a week - the highest figure of any town or city in the UK - in a Sport England survey published in 2012.

Ipswich deals with more than two million tonnes of cargo a year and has freight rail links on site.

[33] King's Lynn and Wisbeach are focussed on dealing with agricultural products from the surrounding farmland, whilst Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth play an important role in servicing the North Sea energy industries, including the growing offshore wind energy industry.

[33][34] A number of smaller ports and leisure harbours, such as at Wells-next-the-Sea and Southwold operate around the region's coast.