c2c

c2c

Class 357 Electrostars at Fenchurch Street in 2014
Overview
Franchise(s)	London, Tilbury & Southend: 26 May 1996 – 8 November 2014 Essex Thameside: 9 November 2014 – 10 November 2029
Main route(s)	Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness
Other route(s)	to Grays via Rainham to Pitsea via Ockendon to Liverpool Street via Stratford
Fleet size	74 Class 357 Electrostar sets 6 Class 387 Electrostar sets
Stations called at	28
Stations operated	25
Route km operated	128.7
National Rail abbreviation	CC
Parent company	Trenitalia
Website	www.c2c-online.co.uk
Route map

c2c is a British train operating company that is part of the National Express Group. It provides passenger rail services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London to the northern Thames Gateway area of southern Essex including Grays and Southend-on-Sea. This route was called the Thameside franchise, and was renamed the Essex Thameside franchise in 2009. The main route from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Basildon is 39.5 mph and the fastest timetabled journey time from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness is 58 mph giving an average speed of 40.7 mph, although the route can be done in 47 mph, giving an average speed of 50 mph.[1] Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine The line currently has a maximum speed limit of 75 mph (121 km/h), although the Class 357 Electrostar electric multiple unit trains which run on it are capable of a maximum speed of 100 mph (160 km/h). Before July 2002, it traded under the name LTS Rail. The current director is Julian Drury.

Route

c2c route map
Shoeburyness Thorpe Bay Southend East Southend Central Westcliff Chalkwell Leigh-on-Sea Benfleet Pitsea Stanford-le-Hope East Tilbury Tilbury Riverside(for ferry to Gravesend) Tilbury Town Basildon Laindon West Horndon Grays Chafford Hundred Ockendon Purfleet Rainham Dagenham Dock Upminster Barking East Ham Depot West Ham Stratford Limehouse Fenchurch Street( Tower Hill) Liverpool Street

The normal off-peak service are of eight trains per hour (tph) coming and leaving Fenchurch Street:

• 4 tph to Shoeburyness going past Basildon
  • of which 2 trains do not stop at Limehouse, West Horndon and Pitsea
  • 2 trains stop at all stations
• 2tph to Grays via Rainham
• 2tph to Southend Central via Ockendon

Additional night services operate between Shoeburyness / Pitsea / Grays-Barking.

Additional morning peak services operate between Shoeburyness / Pitsea / Stanford-le-Hope - Grays.

Other websites

Media related to C2c at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Web site
• Unofficial c2c user site Archived 2015-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Google Maps showing stations, route and alternative diversion to Liverpool Street & Stratford

Preceded by Network SouthEast As part of British Rail

Operator of Essex Thameside franchise 1996–2029

Incumbent