• Train station in Bury St Edmunds set for £160,000 revamp

  By JennyBrooke

  The toilets are one area I would like to see improved, they are pretty awful.

            

   

  By MattRisby at 19:53 on 25/09/11

  

  Bury St Edmunds' train station takes plenty of stick in town for it's unkempt look, grim toilets and lack of anything to do apart from catch a train, but that could change with a new £160,000 investment aimed at improving it. The refurb at the Grade II listed station would mean changes to the booking hall, toilets, staircases, CCTV and the customer information screens. The injection of cash, which comes from National Express East...

• Woman hit and killed by train near Bury St Edmunds station

  By NickRichards

  The inquest into this incident takes place next Wednesday. The woman who died was Elizabeth Avis, 51...

            

   

  By NickRichards at 11:44 on 19/01/11

  

  Train users have faced disrupted journeys this morning after a woman was hit and killed by a train near Bury St Edmunds. The incident happened at around 8am this morning and British Transport Police officers were called to the line near to the town's rail station. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The train involved was a cargo train, the 4.03am Doncaster to Felixstowe North train and it meant that trains between Bury...

• Parking prices could be on the up in Bury St Edmunds

  By SuziLD

  With parking prices and public transport prices so high it is SO much cheaper just to walk or bike.

            

   

  By NickRichards at 11:41 on 18/01/11

  

  First it was petrol prices shooting up and now car parking prices are set to rise in and around Bury St Edmunds. The biggest rise could be seen at the Cattle Market car park at the back of the arc which could rise by around 20 per cent. These proposals will be heard in a meeting on Wednesday at the borough council, who are keen to maximise the return coming into their coffers from parking. In the meeting the council will suggest...

• Bury St Edmunds motorists facing big hike in petrol prices

  By jaffacake75

  Suprise suprise :(

            

   

  By NickRichards at 12:39 on 03/01/11

  

  It's back to work for many people tomorrow, but motorists filling up their cars in Bury St Edmunds were today already feeling the increase in petrol prices. The price of petrol is being pushed up by the January 1 fuel duty increase and the 2.5 per cent rise in VAT which kicks in tomorrow. The cheapest petrol on offer in town could be over 130.9p for a litre of unleaded by tomorrow – a year ago the average price for a litre was...

• Bury St Edmunds train station feels like "the end of the earth"

  By Michelle_N

  I think it could do with a coffee shop but there is a huge Tescos a short minute walk across the...

            

   

  By SuziLD at 15:25 on 27/02/11

  

  Do you agree that Bury St Edmunds train station is the worst in Suffolk? As a regular user of the train station in Bury St Edmunds I am always unimpressed with not only its facilities but also the customer service provided by the staff there. On Friday I paid a visit to the station and found that a lot of my fellow passengers agreed with me. The first lady I spoke to, who didn't want to be named, has been travelling from Bury St...

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