A train firm is powering Blues fans to Wembley this Saturday by laying on thousands of extra seats for the crunch League Two play-off final.

Train operator c2c, which runs the London Fenchurch Street to Shoebury line, is doubling its length of all its carriages for the big day, which equates to 45,000 extra seats.

With Wembley’s capacity at 90,000, the Blues – who will be playing in yellow – have already sold some 14,000 tickets for the crunch game with Wycombe Wanderers and the train operator will be wheeling out its Southend United train so fans can travel to the capital in style.

The club has an initial allocation of 30,000 tickets, but could be granted more by the Football League if they sell out that first batch.

With the game kicking off at 5.30pm, c2c is also keeping several more trains on standby at Fenchurch Street when Blues fans make there way back to Southend on Saturday night.

The firm’s delivery director, Kevin Frazer, said: “We know thousands of local fans will be heading to Wembley, so we’re putting on longer trains to help them get to and from the big game.

“We also have spare trains on standby for the evening so we can add more capacity when it is most needed.

“This gives us extra flexibility to help fans get home in case the game goes to extra time or even penalties.”

The club’s chief executive Steve Kavanagh hopes to sell out the Blues end of the stadium and wants the town to get behind the team.

He said: “My message is we want the whole town to go to Wembley and to get behind the club. We have worked with c2c over the years and for them to name a train after the club is an honour, and we’re delighted with their support in making it easy for fans to get to Wembley.

“We’ve sold 14,000 tickets and there’s still plenty available, and we want as many fans and families to go to Wembley as possible.

We want to take the whole town.”

The firm renamed a train Southend United when the Blues made their first appearance on the hallowed Wembley turf two years ago for the Johnston Paint Trophy final.

Iain Palmer, the head of security at Southend Central station and a big Blues fan, was at that game in 2013, but says this one is much bigger.

The season ticket holder said: “You can’t beat a Wembley cup final. We would all rather we got automatic promotion, but to do it at Wembley would be really special.”

THE other train company that runs services from Southend to London has announced its Saturday timetable.

...and Greater Anglia announces its timetable

Abellio Greater Anglia, which operates the London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria track, will have services running every 20 minutes at ten, 30, and 50 minutes past the hour, and trains departing between 8.50am to 14.50am will have 12 carriages.

In addition, a special service will depart Southend Victoria at 3.07pm running non-stop to Stratford and then Liverpool Street.

After the match, services will depart Liverpool Street at: 20.35, 20.55, 21.13, 21.35, 21.55 and 22.13pm with all trains operating with 12 carriages to ferry supporters back.

The train operator said it will also operate some additional services from Liverpool Street during these times subject to demand.

For fans coming home later, services will depart at 22.44pm, 23.14, 23.44, 00.15 and 00.50am.