A wagon coupling had broken at Bealings and when the engine stopped at Woodbridge, the rear portion running downhill smashed into the back of the stationary train.

With the privatisation of British Rail, ownership of the line and station passed to Railtrack on 1 April 1994.

The franchise to operate the passenger services on this route was won by Anglia Railways in 1997; in 2004 National Express won the franchise and operated services using the branding 'one', which was renamed National Express East Anglia in 2008.

[8] On 13 December 2010 a train hit a car on a level crossing close to Woodbridge station.

[10] As of December 2019[update], the typical Monday-Sunday off-peak service at Woodbridge is as follows: Direct trains to and from London Liverpool Street were withdrawn in 2010.