Editing C2c (section)

===Routes===
c2c operates passenger services on the [[London, Tilbury and Southend line]] from {{rws|Fenchurch Street}} in the [[City of London]] to {{rws|Shoeburyness}} in [[Essex]], a distance of {{convert|39|mi|40|chain|km|2|lk=in}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Padgett |first=David |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern |edition=4th |date=October 2016 |orig-year=1988 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome, UK |isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1 |at=map 3C}}</ref> The main line operates via Basildon with a loop line via Tilbury and a branch line via Ockendon. c2c trains connect [[Central London]] with [[East London]] and the northern [[Thames Gateway]] area of southern Essex. The main route between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness has a fastest timetabled journey of 56 minutes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=12 December 2021 |title=c2c Train Times |url=https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/01/TT_Booklet-12Dec2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413153125/https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/app/uploads/2022/01/TT_Booklet-12Dec2.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=6 January 2025 |website=c2c}}</ref>

Although the [[British Rail Class 357|Class 357 ''Electrostar'']] trains are capable of running at {{convert|100|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, the line's speed limit restricts them to only {{convert|75|mph|km/h|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marius |first1=Callum |title=London trains: c2c unveils rebound plans after weeks of strike action and violent attack on staff |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-trains-c2c-unveils-rebound-24523476 |publisher=MyLondon |access-date=1 February 2023 |date=21 July 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201091748/https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-trains-c2c-unveils-rebound-24523476 |url-status=live }}</ref> To meet a 2014 franchise commitment, most services between Fenchurch Street and Barking have called at all stations during peak times since December 2015.<ref name="Questions"/>

{{As of|2025|1}} the off-peak Monday–Friday service is as follows:<ref name=":2" />

{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="3"  | [[London, Tilbury and Southend line]]
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! Route !! {{abbr|tph|trains per hour}} !! Calling at
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| {{rws|Fenchurch Street}} to {{rws|Shoeburyness}} via Basildon || 4 || {{cslist|{{rws|Limehouse}}, {{rws|West Ham}}, {{rws|Barking}}, {{rws|Upminster}}, {{rws|West Horndon}} (2 tph), {{rws|Laindon}}, {{rws|Basildon}}, {{rws|Pitsea}} (2 tph), {{rws|Benfleet}}, {{rws|Leigh-on-Sea}}, {{rws|Chalkwell}}, {{rws|Westcliff}}, {{rws|Southend Central}}, {{rws|Southend East}}, {{rws|Thorpe Bay}}}}
|-
|Fenchurch Street to Southend Central via Ockendon || 2 || {{cslist|Limehouse, West Ham, Barking, Upminster, {{rws|Ockendon}}, {{rws|Chafford Hundred Lakeside}}, {{rws|Grays}}, {{rws|Tilbury Town}}, {{rws|East Tilbury}}, {{rws|Stanford-le-Hope}}, Pitsea, Benfleet, Leigh-on-Sea, Chalkwell, Westcliff}}
|-
|Fenchurch Street to Grays via Rainham || 2 || {{cslist|Limehouse, West Ham, Barking, {{rws|Dagenham Dock}}, {{rws|Rainham|London}}, {{rws|Purfleet}}}}
|}