Benfleet station to close over Christmas (From Echo)
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Benfleet station to close over Christmas
1:21pm Monday 8th October 2012 in News
WORK to repair a 100 year-old railway bridge at Benfleet will force the station to close over the festive period.
Passengers using the c2c service from Christmas Eve, December 24, until New Year’s Eve, December 31, will have to use rail replacement buses between Leigh and Pitsea.
The rail company took the decision to carry out the major project at this time to cause minimal disruption to the thousands of passengers who rely on trains to get to and from work.
Comments(17)
Eric Whim
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2:33pm Mon 8 Oct 12
southendcivilservant
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3:34pm Mon 8 Oct 12
On the plus side it'll save me money because it'll put me off going.
C2C are being totally thoughtless as per usual.
Leighdweller
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3:37pm Mon 8 Oct 12
southendcivilservant wrote:As opposed to doing this when the trains are at standing only capacity like the other 51 weeks of the year? It's inconvenient but I would rather be disrupted during the festive break when it's relatively quiet both on the trains and at work.
Oh this is just great, so this will affect all the London West End sale shopping. Getting a bus between Benfleet and Pitsea will add at least 30 mins to the journey each way. On the plus side it'll save me money because it'll put me off going. C2C are being totally thoughtless as per usual.
AndyBSG
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3:54pm Mon 8 Oct 12
southendcivilservant wrote:I know, it's so thoughtless of C2C to carry out these works when they'll cause disruptions to the handful of bargain seekers using the train when they could quite easily do the week during the work period and cause delays to the thousands and thousands of work commuters instead!
Oh this is just great, so this will affect all the London West End sale shopping. Getting a bus between Benfleet and Pitsea will add at least 30 mins to the journey each way.
On the plus side it'll save me money because it'll put me off going.
C2C are being totally thoughtless as per usual.
Eric Whim
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4:09pm Mon 8 Oct 12
AndyBSG wrote:yes, how thoughtless of them eh?
southendcivilservant wrote: Oh this is just great, so this will affect all the London West End sale shopping. Getting a bus between Benfleet and Pitsea will add at least 30 mins to the journey each way. On the plus side it'll save me money because it'll put me off going. C2C are being totally thoughtless as per usual.I know, it's so thoughtless of C2C to carry out these works when they'll cause disruptions to the handful of bargain seekers using the train when they could quite easily do the week during the work period and cause delays to the thousands and thousands of work commuters instead!
I think they should have waited for the hundred year old bridge to fall down before deciding to do anything about it, after all it might have lasted a few more years......
Nebs
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4:29pm Mon 8 Oct 12
leigh-my-town
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4:35pm Mon 8 Oct 12
The Cowboy
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4:36pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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4:58pm Mon 8 Oct 12
bignosechaff wrote:By sleigh you silly boy!
How the hell is santa going to get his sacks to Southend
wobblybob
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8:54pm Mon 8 Oct 12
PFL_357
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9:29pm Mon 8 Oct 12
wobblybob wrote:You mean that whole section that is linked to from the front of the website?
As usual c2c are lacking in the information dept. When things are all normal they're fine, any little problem & they fall apart at the seams with no, or incorrect, information. Their own advanced engineering page is showing works up to Jan 6th 2013, but no mention of this closure!
http://www.c2c-onlin
e.co.uk/travel_infor
mation/service_alter
ations/benfleetbridg
erenewal
howironic
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7:38am Tue 9 Oct 12
PFL_357 wrote:Lol
wobblybob wrote:You mean that whole section that is linked to from the front of the website?
As usual c2c are lacking in the information dept. When things are all normal they're fine, any little problem & they fall apart at the seams with no, or incorrect, information. Their own advanced engineering page is showing works up to Jan 6th 2013, but no mention of this closure!
http://www.c2c-onlin
e.co.uk/travel_infor
mation/service_alter
ations/benfleetbridg
erenewal
Ian P
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12:46pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Nebs wrote:Which Easter are you talking about, 2014 or 2015?
Maybe they could use the same contractors that are working at Sadlers Farm, then the line would be up and running again in time for Easter.
andy:)
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3:11pm Tue 9 Oct 12
John T Pharro
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7:32pm Tue 9 Oct 12
CommuterGirl
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1:17pm Thu 11 Oct 12
This is not a temporary problem as with the work at Benfleet but a permanent problem that c2c ignore and the local newspapers will not take up for fear of losing the advertising revenue
bignosechaff says...
1:59pm Mon 8 Oct 12