Classic route
c2c Shoeburyness–London
Shoeburyness → London Fenchurch Street · England
The Tilbury company reached Shoeburyness in 1884 and finished its direct line through Upminster to a re-sited Pitsea in 1886, the way the stopping trains from the sea to Fenchurch Street run today.
- Distance
- 63 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 7 min
- Average speed
- 56 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmShoeburyness
- 3 kmThorpe Bay
- 5 kmSouthend East
- 6 kmSouthend Central
- 7 kmWestcliff
- 9 kmChalkwell
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- 11 kmLeigh-on-Sea
- 17 kmBenfleet
- 21 kmPitsea
- 24 kmBasildon
- 27 kmLaindon
- 33 kmWest Horndon
- 39 kmUpminster
- 51 kmBarking
- 57 kmWest Ham
- 61 kmLimehouse
- 63 kmLondon Fenchurch Street
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9950697: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of c2c
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the c2c Shoeburyness–London?
The c2c Shoeburyness–London runs 63 km from Shoeburyness to London Fenchurch Street.
How long does the c2c Shoeburyness–London take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 7 min for the 63 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end.
Who runs the c2c Shoeburyness–London?
c2c, with Class 357 Electrostar.
How old is the c2c Shoeburyness–London?
The line has been in service since 1886. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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