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c2c History

c2c Rail contract (2021–present)

On 19 July 2021 the franchise agreement was replaced with a rail contract, which expired on 23 July 2023.

The timetable was amended in May 2022 to accommodate the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside, the extension having started running in July 2022 as a spur from the Tilbury loop line east of Barking, sharing infrastructure with c2c services.

c2c is one of several train operators impacted by the 2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes, which was the first national rail strike in the UK for three decades. Its workers are amongst those who are participating in industrial action owing to a dispute over pay and working conditions. In February 2023, Department for Transport announced c2c's contract had been extended to 20 July 2025.

c2c Overview

c2c Franchise(s):

London, Tilbury & Southend: 26 May 1996 – 8 November 2014

Essex Thameside: 9 November 2014 – 18 July 2021

c2c Contract(s): Essex Thameside: 19 July 2021 – 20 July 2025

Main Route(s): Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness

c2c Other Route(s):

Fenchurch Street to Grays via Rainham

Fenchurch Street to Pitsea via Ockendon

Liverpool Street to Shoeburyness

c2c Fleet Size:

74 Class 357 Electrostar sets

c2c Stations Called At: 28

c2c Stations Operated: 25

c2c Parent Company:

Prism Rail (1996–2000)

National Express (2000–2017)

Trenitalia (2017–present)

c2c Headquarters: Cutlers Court, 115 Houndsditch, London

c2c Reporting Mark: CC

c2c Dates of Operation: 26 May 1996–

c2c Predecessor: Network SouthEast

c2c Technical Length: 125.5 kilometres (78.0 mi)

c2c Route Map Legend

London

Fenchurch Street Liverpool Street

Limehouse Stratford

West Ham

East Ham Depot

Barking

Dagenham Dock Upminster

Rainham Ockendon

Purfleet Chafford Hundred

Lakeside

Grays West Horndon

Tilbury Town

East Tilbury Laindon

Stanford-le-Hope Basildon

Pitsea

Benfleet

Leigh-on-Sea

Chalkwell

Westcliff

Southend Central

Southend East

Thorpe Bay

Shoeburyness

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