On Monday, 17 January, c2c will introduce a new weekday timetable because of the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
In recent weeks there has been an increase in staff sickness rates due to the pandemic. Although the new timetable cuts some services, it will allow c2c to provide passengers with a more reliable service, and also enable the company to save taxpayers' money since passenger demand has fallen significantly in recent weeks.
This new timetable will apply until further notice. The full download can be downloaded here.
At the moment there are no changes to the standard weekend services. However, Network Rail undertaking an extensive long-term engineering project to upgrade overhead power lines on c2c's route. This will help improve the reliability of the infrastructure and reduce the risk of delays to journeys.
Although the engineering work will primarily be undertaken late at night or over the weekend, when there are normally fewer people travelling, they may cause some disruption to individual passengers' journeys. Further information about the project, as well as details of service alterations will be available at the following website as soon as they are confirmed https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/our-network/timetables-and-service-alterations/
A summary of the peak-time changes to services are listed below:
Services via Basildon
All trains that are normally 12-carriage services are reduced to 8-carriage trains. This has been implemented with immediate effect.
Services via Ockendon
The following trains are cancelled:
- 06.31 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 07.01 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 07.31 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 08.01 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 17.25 Fenchurch Street to Grays service
Services via Rainham
The following trains are cancelled:
- 05.21 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch Street
- 06.46 Southend Central to Fenchurch Street
- 06.52 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 07.35 Pitsea to Fenchurch Street
- 08.34 Pitsea to Fenchurch Street
- 09.41 Grays to Fenchurch Street
- 16.07 Fenchurch Street to Grays
- 16.37 Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness
- 17.07 Fenchurch Street to Pitsea
- 17.37 Fenchurch Street to Pitsea
- 18.07 Fenchurch Street to Southend Central
c2c who ordered the Class 720/6 5-Car to replace the Class 387/3 4-Car Electrostars might be delayed until next year as the ongoing delay on the production line at Alstom Derby train manufacturing plant.