Felixstowe Dock & Railway Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Transport services Port & harbour services
  • Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways

Notes:

Established 1875 as Felixstowe Railway & Pier Co Ltd to build a railway to connect with Great Eastern Railway and to build a pier. Known as Felixstowe Railway & Dock Co Ltd from 1879 and subsequently built a dock. Railway opened 1877 but acquired by Great Eastern Railway in 1887. The dock then acquired by Felixstowe Dock & Railway Co Ltd. Acquired by Mr Gordon Parker in 1951. From 1960s expanded rapidly to become a leading UK port business

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