c2c gets two year extension to run rail services (From Southend Standard)
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c2c gets two year extension to run rail services
4:48pm Thursday 31st January 2013 in Echo News
c2c gets two year extension to run rail services
TRAIN operator c2c will maintain control of the Shoebury to Fenchurch Street line for the next two years.
The Essex Thameside franchise was put out to tender last year, receiving bids from three alternative companies.
This sparked fears that older trains could be brought back into use and take commuters back to the 1990s - when it was dubbed “the misery line”.
National Express operator c2c has now been given a two year reprieve after the Department for Transport suspended the bidding competition.
Existing short-listed companies will be invited to start the process again over the summer, with the new 15 year contract set to start from 2015.
Comments(8)
onorris24
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5:35pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Carnabackable
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8:06pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Misery line? a thing of the past, so as long as c2c are there, how long can it possibly last
Carnabackable
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8:40pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Yet always too quick to cast aspersions, as they wait in the pouring rain.
Remember the old trains, if your simple minds will let you
No heating,delays and never a working loo
So rejoice at this marvel, known simply as c2c
And your journey will be a pleasure, just you wait and see.
lennyfy
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8:59pm Thu 31 Jan 13
mys842
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8:13am Fri 1 Feb 13
AndyBSG
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9:33am Fri 1 Feb 13
C2C is one of the most reliable lines in the country which is a far cry from the mid 90's when it was known as the nightmare line.
phileep
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4:10pm Wed 6 Feb 13
Rob777 says...
5:00pm Thu 31 Jan 13
Yeah fears spread by the echo & c2c themselves !!!! Now that they have this for another two years I doubt we will be seeing the chocolates again for a while.