In 2008, the Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order ("the 2008 Order") received permission from the Secretary of State for Transport and came into force. The Order facilitates works to the Felixstowe branch line through the dualling of a 7km stretch of the existing single-track line between Trimley Station and a point west of Levington Bridge, to construct three 24-wagon sidings within the existing Ipswich marshalling yard, and to undertake some modifications at Westerfield level crossing. The Order is valid for a period of 5 years.