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This shocking CCTV footage shows the moment a lorry struck overhead lines, causing the disruption this week between Stanford-le-Hope and Pitsea. Please take care around level crossings and railways, if you drive a vehicle check you know the height restrictions.
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We're really sorry to our customers travelling through Basildon station this morning who saw the aftermath of severe vandalism in the early hours of the morning.
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🦜 CHHAANNNNNEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
@c2c_Rail
I have seen some odd things on your trains over the years, but last night on the 22.50 from West Ham to Grays, there was a bloke with his grey parrot.
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Have you spotted our Christmas destinations?
❄️ Frostchurch Street
⛄️ Snowburyness
🎁 West Ho-Ho Horndon
🎄 West Glazed Ham
🥧 Upmincepiester
🛷 Sleigh-on-Sea
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🐍Snakes on a plane was so 2006, here's the updated version 🦅Hawks on a train!
Here's Bella taking the train to her next job with her handler Gary from GB Hawking.
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🎉 Here's a sneaky peak at one of our brand new trains.
One has arrived at our depot from the factory today, this 720 will be used for training and will be coming into passenger service later in the year.
Keep your eyes peeled, you may just see it out and about!
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🐢Is anybody missing a tortoise? This little guy seems to have sh-eloped from his owners and made it to Southend. He's now safely shell-tering with ticket office staff!
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Exciting news! We're the proud owners of two brand new Aventra 720s, unit 720604 and 720608. Currently they're heading off to Shoeburyness where they will begin their driver training with our team ☺️
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😺 A day in the life of our newest team member, Socks the cat!
1. Helping check everyone’s tickets.
2. Helping put up some posters.
3. Lunch break.
4. Back to the gateline for some ticket checking.
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🐶 Has anyone lost a dog? Tilbury Town station have found this little fellow and are keeping them safe at the station. Please get in touch if you are their owner.
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⚽We're really proud to be partnering with
@SUFCRootsHall
as the 'Front of Shirt' sponsor for the 24/25 season. Good luck to the Shrimpers🦐for this
@TheVanaramaNL
season 🏆:
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🐶 This morning we had a furry friend on board and travel to - you guessed it - Barking!
If you are missing this pawsome little dog, he has been taken to a local vet to check for a microchip. If you recognise him please get in touch!
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Sir David Amess was a great champion of South Essex and our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends at this terrible time.
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Here's a bit more footage of the new train arriving at our depot yesterday. You should see it out and about for training before coming into passenger service later in the year.
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🦅 Don’t worry if you see a Hawk on our stations.
Meet Keith the Harris Hawk, our chief pilot trialing the use of birds of prey as a method of controlling pigeon populations at stations.
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Happy 90th birthday to James Snelling! He worked for us for 50 years driving trains and has a train named after him in his honour. James' nameplate is registered by the Railway Heritage Trust, and is one of only two on c2c that has this distinction.
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🐶Here's our final (for now) Lucky update, all happy and loving his new home!
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🐶 After a trip to the groomer who removed over a kilo of matted hair, Lucky has spent time being thoroughly pampered at the home of one of our station staff. Unfortunately an owner never came forward but he has been adopted, thanks to the RSPCA for helping with the paperwork.
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@ayyawosika
Really? Interesting that. Thanks for that very public admission. Screengrab taken and passed on to Revenue Protection.
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Some of our 387s recently have gone to help
@GWRHelp
on their route. We've received a couple of postcards recently from them.
"Went to the seaside for a couple of hours after work. Treated myself to an ice cream, not as good as
@rossiicecream
though! Hope to c2c you soon!"
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The Gold Geese train is officially out and about and just spotted at Fenchurch St. 📸Get snapping to win a 6 month c2c travel season pass!
#WeFlyTogether
Details here -
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You wanted to see interiors, so we went to where the trains are built and got some photos for you. The seats have a 3x2 configuration except in the carriage for wheelchairs, buggies and bikes where there are drop down seats.
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🚂 A few of our shunt drivers got together at Shoeburyness depot to say thank you to the NHS last night, railway style 🔈 Honk honk!
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We’re proud to unveil our brand new ‘Trainbow’ today, demonstrating our continued commitment to diversity and inclusion and celebrating 50 years since the first UK Pride event! 🌈Designed by our D&I Forum, you’ll see the train out and about on the route from today!
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😺 Back by popular demand, here's some more day in the life of Socks!
1. Checking tickets at the gates.
3. Snooze break.
3. Back to the ticket gates.
4. Wearing a high vis for those security pawtrols.
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Following in the success of Nala at Stevenage:
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Thanks
@BombardierR_UK
for more sneak peeks of
@c2c_Rail
carriages being built in Derby - coming along nicely!
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Big thanks to all the staff out there in the snow helping our customers out at stations 👍💖
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Flybe passengers and staff can travel for free on c2c services until the 12th March. Passengers will need to show a Flybe ticket, staff will need to show a Flybe ID.
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Glad to be able to help, the trains are looking forward to be going on an adventure!
We’re grateful to be using trains from
@c2c_Rail
.
These trains will help to support our timetable from next week.
Another example of the
#railwayfamily
coming together.
Thank you 🙏🏻
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📣A huge shout-out to all our front-line staff who have been designated as key workers and are helping other key workers get to where they need to be. You're all heroes. 👍
And thank you to everyone who has stayed at home and only travelled if essential. 🙌
#proudtobehelping
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Update: "Lucky" has a microchip but unfortunately there is no owner registered. If you know or recognise him please let us know so we can get him back to his owners.
🐶 This morning we had a furry friend on board and travel to - you guessed it - Barking!
If you are missing this pawsome little dog, he has been taken to a local vet to check for a microchip. If you recognise him please get in touch!
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Our ongoing work to crackdown on fare evasion continues to pay off - our team has received more than £255k in fines and penalty payments so far this year, and in the past few weeks officers have caught a number of repeat offenders. Read more here:
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Following the announcement of the death of HM The Queen, Rob Mullen, c2c Managing Director, said:
“It is with great sadness that the death of Her Majesty The Queen has been announced today. We send all our condolences to the Royal Family.”
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Fenchurch St has had a glow up! With new escalator handrails that have UV-C and liquid sanitiser technology to keep you clean as well as signs on the steps to help you travel with confidence
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180! It's 180 years today since the advertised opening of Fenchurch Street station (apparently - we weren't there).
🎂 Happy Birthday to our little terminus - you've seen millions of people over the years, been mentioned in books and even made it to the Monopoly board!
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We're really excited to see our new Class 720 trains starting to appear in passenger service. We're still working through our driver training programme but you'll start to see more and more on the network in peak times.
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Sir Winston Churchill boards his train at Shoeburyness Station after inspecting troops at Shoebury Garrison in 1941.
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Today we are offering free travel, a free cup of tea and slice of cake at Fenchurch Street to service personnel and veterans
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It's really exciting that the first stage of the Barking station upgrade is now complete. We're really proud of how this has improved the station - customers are going to see even more improvements over the coming months.
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We've dedicated a train in memory of the 88 men who worked on what was then called the London, Tilbury and Southend line of Midland Railway, & who fell in
#WW1
. It was unveiled by Rosalia Folley and James Little. More on the 88 here:
#PoppyAppeal
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Car on track at
#Pitsea
now removed by
@BTP
and
@networkrail
. Lines reopened with late running fm earlier blockage
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We're so proud of our colleagues, Donna and Abdul, from Barking station. After a customer collapsed on the concourse, the life-saving pair sprung into action, using a defibrillator to restart his heart while waiting for emergency services...
#railwayfamily
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😺 Cuba taking it all in with morning commuters at Southend East Station.
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Here's a sneak peek at upcoming plans to makeover Fenchurch Street station. The Fen, Upper Crust and Pasty Shop will all be stripped out and refurbished as part of the initial works. These pics are an artist's impression of what it could look like.
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Sadly one of our c2c colleagues has passed away. Thank you for all of your concerns and all our thoughts are with his family.
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We know it's tempting but please DON'T VISIT Southend or the seaside this bank holiday weekend. Our trains are for essential travel only and need to be kept free for those who need them most. Thank you.
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This included damage to our chip and pin readers - resulting in extensive queues this morning - broken windows and posterboards, as well as damage to our WiFi system.
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🎂 Happy Birthday Shoeburyness Station! Today marks 139 years since the station first opened.
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Three balls in his hands, Sir Geoff at West Ham station, have a safe journey home for
#EnglandvCroatia
⚽
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Unfortunately this is the reason for the disruption this morning. Part of the signalling cable has been removed from the railway.
@networkrail
are working very hard to replace the cable as quickly as possible.
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😺 It's
#InternationalCatDay
so what better excuse than to show off our latest picture of Cuba, the cat who hangs around Southend East Station.
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Congratulations to one of our drivers, Sonia, on her 25 year rail anniversary! Sonia started in 1995 as a guard, and became a driver in 1999. She says, "I feel very blessed to have been able to work in a job I enjoy and have great pride in."
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Meet Kayla who joined c2c in June as part of c2c’s new driver training programme. Kayla was one of six successful applicants from over 1,200 for the Street to Seat course. Pictured with Kayla is her father Tony, also a driver with us.
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Our thoughts are with our
#RailwayFamily
colleagues
@ScotRail
and all involved in the incident at Stonehaven this morning.
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✅ A normal service is expected to operate today following storm Ciara.
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In line with the Prime Minister’s instructions this evening, please continue to avoid public transport if at all possible.
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Spotted in the Shoebury wildlife garden, unconfirmed reports that he loves mashed potato!
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It's
#LondonHistoryDay
the original Fenchurch St station was opened in 1841. Here are some pictures of the station in 1905 and 1910
#ThrowbackThursday
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🐢Last week we brought you the good news that Tony, the tortoise found wandering around Southend Central, had been reunited with his owners. Tony’s owners have also sent us this little video update of Tony settling back in at home with some treats.
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We have this morning been working hard to deal with the damage and have teams on the ground working on repairs and tidying up the station.
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Huge congratulations to our Finance Director, Phil, who took on the London Marathon this weekend in aid of local Southend children’s cancer charity, Gold Geese. Phil clocked in an impressive time of 3:57:46, hitting his personal target for the challenging race
#CommunityRail
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⚽ Good luck to
@SUFCRootsHall
🦐 today at the first game of this
@TheVanaramaNL
season against
@YorkCityFC
!
Travelling by train to the game? There are no engineering works on the c2c lines today:
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Big Happy Birthday to Southend-on-Sea. The town is 125 years old today. 🎂🎈🎉
#Southend125
#lovesouthend
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Due to the driver being taken, the 19:56 Shoeburyness - Fenchurch St has been cancelled this evening.
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We're really pleased our customers will benefit from this project. This will offer more smart ticketing options and will help customers travel more flexibly and conveniently as well as supporting the wider economic recovery of the region through easier access to rail travel.
With our plans for rail reform, we’re helping make train travel simpler, easier and more flexible, rolling out contactless ticketing to 53 more stations by the end of 2023.
Find out more:
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🚂 We had a special visitor at our depot this morning. Huge thanks to our shunter team for helping get the
@Steam_Dreams
train ready for it's journey from Southend to Oxford!
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Our ongoing work to crackdown on fare evasion continues with approximately £130k received in fines and penalty payments so far this year, including one persistent fare evader being caught and ordered to pay £10k in historic unpaid fares. Read more here:
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👏🏻 Congratulations Southend and your new city status! Well done to all those who made this happen.
You may spot our own Southend city-on-sea train out and about on the route.
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Spotted sitting in the sun at Benfleet station, maybe he's off to catch the train to Purrrrrfleet!
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Leigh-on-Sea was voted the happiest place to live, according to Rightmove. What's the best thing about Leigh?
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We had this little chinchilla handed in to us as missing on one of our trains this evening. Do you know who's it is?
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Happy 84th Birthday Chalkwell Station, opened today in 1933. This picture shows the station in 1953🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉🎂
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⚠️ IMPORTANT: c2c will be running a limited service only on Tuesday and advises passengers not to travel where possible. Services will also finish significantly earlier than normal on Monday. Check LINK for more details -
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Check out some more footage from inside our new Class 720 trains. This video shows a computer-generated walkthrough of one of the carriages. We'll be using these simulation videos in the early stages of driver training.
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We know you've gotta catch em all but please stay safe, be aware of dangers at level crossings and railway tracks!
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Here's some more pics of the snow out and about on the route today ☃️ ❄️
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We have official notification from the RMT that industrial action on 5th, 7th and 9th Nov has been suspended. Due to the late notice of this announcement, strike plans on Saturday 5 Nov will be remain in place. Please check tomorrow before travel via our website or social media.
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💙 🦐 The new sky and navy blue
@SUFCRootsHall
shirt has been unveiled this weekend. Available to purchase in the club shop.
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Due to industrial action being called off at late notice c2c services will now be reinstated to stop at West Ham as usual all week.
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There are 160 heroic cleaners on our team keeping you safe. Our amazing team have spent 5,500 hours cleaning our trains and stations every week.
#RailwayFamily
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All routes London bound have now been checked and services are able to run normally.
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Our units at the depot getting fully disinfected with a fogging machine. The machines create a mist which fills the carriage and ensures 100% of surfaces are cleaned, including tricky bits like strap hangers.
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