c2c Rail - Problem Log

List of c2c delays, cancellations and problems, reported by visitors to this site

See our c2c page for more on c2c Rail, join our free c2c mailing list, discuss the service in our c2c forum, or add your report

Date	Time	Problem	Station	Details	Sent by
15/04/2008	18.25	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Distruptive Passengers into Fenchurch St	C
15/04/2008	9.15	Delay	Barking	Passenger taken ill at West Ham	C
26/03/2008	18:33	Other	Fenchurch St.	Replaced 2 x trains with 1 of 4 carriages only	Colm
26/03/2008	18:22	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	Apparently the problems were due to a "trespass incident".	Colm
26/03/2008	17.11	Delay	Fenchurch St.	What happened last night to cause all the delays ?	K
22/03/2008	12.50	Line prob.	Barking	overhead wire problems between Benfleet and Leigh-On-Sea.	Chris
07/02/2008	06:39	Delay	Laindon	Severe delays got to fenchurch st at 0815	Chris
16/01/2008	08:57	Line prob.	Grays	i was 80 mins late to get to college and i not happy.	adam brown
16/01/2008	06:30	Line prob.	Upminster	No announcements obviously dumb staff	Brian Walcroft
15/01/2008	19:00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	3 hours sitting on a train!!!! no announcements	Kerry
15/01/2008	5.45	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Overhead power cable issues AGAIN. Got to Shoebury 9.15pm	Sal
15/01/108	1840	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Delays. O/head line failure Pitsea	Pete
29/12/2007	6pm +	Other	Shoeburyness	between shoebury - southend major power failure in shoebury	Peter Cackett
16/11/2007	08:17	Cancellation	Grays	the train got cancelled and i was 25 mins late at college	adam brown
10/10/2007	-	Delay	Westcliff	Complete power failure, all following trains delayed too	Jo
22/08/2007	vary	Other	Grays	bikes on trains	p rounce
11/07/2007	-	Line prob.	Chalkwell	-	janice
07/07/2007	8.09	Other	- select station	disgraceful ncp by post leigh-on-sea car park service.	j.kingcott
22/06/2007	12:55	Delay	Chafford Hundred	my train was 1hour late and no reason	jake
15/05/2007	7.27	Cancellation	Benfleet	Doors did not open at Limehouse - train cancelled	Jon
15/05/2007	0807	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	30 min delay at Barking. Earlier door prob?	Pete
02/04/07	5.32	Delay	West Ham	I was one of the lucky ones I went back to stay in London	Cathie
02/04/2007	18.00	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Could not get home by tube. Disgusting delays	Nicola
02/04/2007	5.35	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	This is Correct date ....very bad service from c2c	Tracey
03/04/2007	5.35	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Got home at 12.50a.m...no help from C2C	Tracey
02/04/2007	18:30	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	Cancelled Due to Power Failure	Charlie
31/01/2007	18:20	Delay	Fenchurch St.	No trains from Fench St. c2c site out of date. Details	Pete
21/01/2007	6.00	Line prob.	West Ham	rabbit die	kirsty
19/01/2007	7.37	Line prob.	Laindon	Lack of information for commutors	J
18/01/2007	17:00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	High winds. O/head line prob. Delays. Website overloaded (image)	Pete
18/01/2007	15.47	Other	Fenchurch St.	c2c website not working	Jackie Gorham
11/01/2007	08:07	Line prob.	Leigh-on-Sea	Overhead probs at Westcliff. Bus replacement East	Pete
18/12/2006	07:56	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	20 minute delay (new timetable?)	Pete
18/12/2006	07.30	Delay	Shoeburyness	15 mins late into Fenchurch st. 8 cars not 12 as published	Alan
18/12/2006	07:13	Other	Chalkwell	This new timetable isn't very helpful to passengers travelin	Mr. Steve Corsto
15/12/2006	07.30	Delay	Shoeburyness	7 minutes late into Fenchurch St due to waiting for platform	Alan
14/12/2006	0810	Other	West Horndon	No seats from Laindon onwards	eely2005
13/12/2006	0810	Delay	West Horndon	delayed again arrive Fenchurch Street 855am	Elaine
13/12/2006	07.30	Delay	Shoeburyness	11 minutes late at Fenchurch St	Alan
12/12/2006	05:39	Cancellation	Southend Central	Southend Central cancelled, 20 minute wait	Yardstick
12/12/2006	07.30	Other	Shoeburyness	8 cars not 12. overcrowded and late in London	Alan
11/12/2006	17:30	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	17.30&17.35 Shoeburyness due to train failure	Alan
11/12/2006	08:10	Delay	West Horndon	delayed 8mins - great start to week - no seats	Elaine
15/11/2006	-	Other	Leigh-on-Sea	New train timetable - No fast train service	Amanda
01/11/2006	13:24	Delay	Basildon	13;24pm to 20;oopm	Barking
25/10/2006	-	Delay	Liverpool St.	southendcentral	rbacon
05/10/06	21.54	Cancellation	-	this service never runs properly never on time	peter oliver
05/10/2006	1900	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	40 min delay. Line probs Barking	Pete
10/07/2006	-	Other	-	2nd large scale increase in car park charges	Martin Wilkins
26/05/2006	10:40	Other	Fenchurch St.	train stopped early and doors opened onto track at Upminster	tkd
23/05/2006	-	Other	Benfleet	Grafitti under the underline walkway and ATM machines.	tom smith
01/04/2006	15:61	Delay	London Euston	The Train was formed by only 2 Carrages, Come on C2C! I almost fell out the back of the train trying to get to the Loo, The door just opened onto the track, I thourght the 357's Were electric too, not steam!	Paul Fields
24/03/2006	-	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	all trains to Grays cancelled	Jen
20/03/2006	11:23	Cancellation	Thorpe Bay	the trains are shit	sian gubb
27/01/2006	07:42	Cancellation	Benfleet	Great start to 2006 C2C.	Matt
22/01/2006	13:00	Other	MOD at Shoeburyness	3rd rail was turned off, had a Diesel land rover Road railer pulling us.	Frank Lemon
19/01/2006	0821	Cancellation	Purfleet	Train delayed and no room to get on next train	Louise Hall
19/01/06	-	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Trains to Grays cancelled	Mark
19/01/2006	06:56	Delay	Benfleet	Overhead line damage.	Matt
18/01/06	1930	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Overhead prob in Leigh area. Long delays	Pete
15/01/2006	20:00	Cancellation	Benfleet	never any trains running on sunday but ticket prices continu	martin sampson
02/01/2006	-	Other	Stanford-le-Hope	horns blowing early hrs then all day!	sandy
28/12/2005	07:44	Delay	Benfleet	Late - AGAIN.	Matt
19/12/2005	07:42	Cancellation	Benfleet	07:42 cancelled. 07:44 11 mins late.	Matt
25/11/2005	8.44	Line prob.	Thorpe Bay	had to wait over 1hour for a train @ Thorpe bay	Peter
23/11/2005	0647	Delay	Stanford-le-Hope	Earlier train failure caused termination at Purfleet	Richard
03/11/2005	22:40	Other	Fenchurch St.	Train failed at Benfleet. No info given	Sarah
03/11/2005	1805	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Trains delayed / cancelled out of Fen St	Pete
03/11/2005	0529	Line prob.	Tilbury Town	No Trains and no information regarding bus information	Roger Pope
27/10/2005		Other	- select station	incorrect price	Glenn
07/07/2005	1600	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Major incidents in London	Dave Mckenzie
14/06/05	16.20	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	it was fo gary no poeple no it	jake
12/05/2005	0631	Delay	Grays	-	paul rounce
03/05/2005	16:30	Other	Benfleet	Train overcrowded due to only 4 carriages	Matt
29/04/2005	18.11	Other	Fenchurch St.	Nicked new LCD screens from Train For sale at £150 each	Dave
07/04/2005	1808	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	15 min delays - line probs at West Horndon	Pete
30/03/2005	1750	Delay	Fenchurch St.	45 min delay - multiple signal failure	Pete
24/03/2005	-	Other	-	FLEXI TIME TICKET RIP-OFFS	-
13/03/2005	Any!	Line prob.	-	NO information given at West Ham re line problems	Jean
28/02/2005	07:10	Cancellation	Benfleet	Train cancelled. Cheers.	Matt
28/02/2005	0658	Cancellation	Southend Central	cancelled at westcliff	pazcom
21/02/2005	17.00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	10 ins & COLD AIR CON WAS ON WHILST SNOWING OUTSIDE	pazcom
17/02/2005	16:30	Other	Fenchurch St.	Last carriage closed to public. Train very crowded.	Matt
02/02/2005	16.30	Other	Fenchurch St.	Terminated at West Ham due to serious unit problem.	Anita Atas
26/01/2005	1735	Delay	Fenchurch St.	25 mins late. Bridge Strike @ Pitsea.	Pete
26/01/2005	07:10	Delay	Benfleet	10 minute late. Cheers for that.	Matt
25/01/2005	06:10	Other	Southend Central	Do we really need cold air conditioning on a day like today?	Peter & Claire
24/01/2005	16:00	Other	Fenchurch St.	Everybody off at Pitsea as problem with front Horn!!!	Peter & Claire
15/01/2005	10 50	Other	Chalkwell	lack of supervision as three people smoking and know one to	Denise Strauss
17/01/2005	06:36	Line prob.	Basildon	3rd rail was dodgy.	fredrica
12/01/2005	18:08	Other	Fenchurch St.	Someone Farted onboard, and it smelt bad :-(	Ben
12/01/2005	18:30	Other	Fenchurch St.	Train on fire, but what can you expect from one from Tilbury	Traindude
19/12/2004		Cancellation	Thorpe Bay	No bus service as advertised
23/10/2004	19.18	Delay	West Ham	are train was ran 30mins late a shybrness 1 min it late and	jake
19/10/2004	07:54	Line prob.	Upminster	Track failure at Barking - 50 mins from Upmin to Barking!	James W
18/10/2004	06:40	Delay	Upminster	No trains from Upmin-service train stuck between Bkg + Upmin	James W
23/10/2004	0941	Other	Chafford Hundred	No direct route to Fen St again all day!!!!!!!!	Gary
20/10/2004		Other	Benfleet	Wrong ticket price info could affect schooling	William
19/10/2004	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	30 minute delay to work - sig prob at Barking	Pete
19/10/2004	07:10	Delay	Benfleet	Arrived at Fenchurch Street 10 minutes late	Matt
18/10/2004	18:00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Late arriving in Benfleet	Matt
18/10/2004	06.58	Delay	Southend Central	Overrun enginering works - just what we want for Monday AM	pazcom
18/10/2004	07:10	Delay	Benfleet	25 minutes late. Engineering works. AGAIN!	Matt
18/10/2004	06:12	Delay	Westcliff	Overunning engineering... AGAIN! Terminated @ Upminster	Peter & Claire
11/10/2004	07:24	Delay	Grays	Someone shot dead at Barking! Hour delay.	Pauline
11/10/2004	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	45 min delay between Barking-Fen St. Any reason?	Pete
11/10/2004	07:10	Delay	Benfleet	27 min delay caused by overunning engineering work.	Matt
09/10/2004	18:00	Other	Pitsea	man doin dirty things on back of a carrige	Mr Lee Ouwehand
05/10/2004	18:09	Other	Limehouse	does a red light not mean stop anymore! r lives at risk?	m mclauchlan
29/09/2004	10.01	Delay	Barking	the trains at baking come in to late	jake humphries
04/09/2004	07.26	Cancellation	East Tilbury	thanks c2c	faye
12/09/2004	16:00	Other	Basildon	engineering works waited for bus replacement service 1.5 hrs	James
11/09/2004	12:30	Cancellation	Purfleet	boring	joe
03/09/2004	17.26	Other	Fenchurch St.	No airconditioning & only 4 carriges at 5.26!	Faye
03/09/2004	23:00	Delay	-	24/4/2005	nicolas Beggs
28/08/2004	13.32	Delay	Westcliff	several trains had been cancelled and serious delays occurr	w.jaeckel
26/08/2004	08:12	Delay	Benfleet	Train Delayed	Matt
25/08/2004	17:15	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Train delayed.......	Matt
26/08/2004	06:17	Delay	Westcliff	06:12 conked out blocking track. Plat 2 made bidirectional	Peter & Claire
01/08/2004	17:30	Other	Fenchurch St.	Boarded wrong train due to departure board mistakes.	Matt
01/08/2004	15:15	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	Train cancelled due to no guard.	Matt
10/08/2004	08:10	Line prob.	Stanford-le-Hope	Cancelled to start Grays. Long wait no news.	Barry
10/08/2004	07.35	Line prob.	Upminster	Problems on line between Upminster and Ockendon	Jon
03/08/2004	07:45	Other	Southend Central	Air Conditioning not working (again)	Adrian
03/08/2004	0658	Other	Southend Central	No air conditioning, colder once off the train	PAZCOM
29/07/2004	08.15	Other	Southend Central	Air Conditioning not working; happening increasingly often	James
27/07/2004	17.45	Line prob.	-	Standing up for an hour and a half, forget TVs fix the line	Andy
28/07/2004	6:48	Line prob.	Shoeburyness	Continuing Overhead Prob from Yesterday. Rubbish service.	Antman
28/07/2004	15.28	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	Overhead prob replacement bus never turned up	Jon
27/07/2004	17:00	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Overhead line prob in Benfleet area. Bus replacement	Pete
09/07/2004	0752	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	20mins late - overhead line probs Upton Pk	Pete
07/07/2004	17:30	Delay	Limehouse		claire
02/07/2004	20:50	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Earlier train had hit a cow	Paul
02/07/2004	16.53	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Operational problems with computer.	TRUG-LIAISON
28/06/2004	15:50	Delay	Shoeburyness	This is due to driver mislaid keys - what a poor excuse	PAZCOM
05/06/2004	06:30	Delay	-	what a crap service	karen
26/05/2004	06:56	Line prob.	Benfleet	also points failure the night before what a crap service!	Tracey
26/05/2004	07:52	Line prob.	Leigh-on-Sea	Overhead line probs at Shoebury. Messy morning	Pete
26/05/2004	06:17	Other	Westcliff	...crawled into Upminster... conked out at Barking!	Peter & Claire
26/05/2004	06:17	Other	Westcliff	You name it! Line probs... train died under M25 bridge.	Peter & Claire
25/05/2004	08:10	Other	Benfleet	PERSON FAINTED AT LIMEHSE-DUE TO LACK OF SEATING!!!!	eacersall
24/05/2004	18.00	Other	Fenchurch St.	NO SEATING AVAILABLE-HAD TO GET LATER TRAIN NO HAPPY!!!!!!!!	eacersall
24/05/2004	08.51	Other	Tilbury Town	arrved early and left early abt 5 people missed it!	julie brown
12/05/2004	06:17	Other	Westcliff	06:12 cancelled. Felt like sardines in a refrigeration unit!	Peter & Claire
20/04/2004	06:17	Cancellation	Westcliff	Continued... At least we had a choice of 3 queued trains!!!	Peter & Claire
20/04/2004	06:17	Delay	Westcliff	Rear 4 carriages no power. EVERYBODY OFF!	Peter & Claire
20/04/2004	06:32	Delays	Shoebury	Wrong type of sunshine??? Details	Pete
19/04/2004	all	Cancellation	Rainham	No Trains due to Atmopheric Conditions!! Details	Paul
10/04/2004	04:00	Other	Fenchurch St.	Staff unable to get £10 machine swallowed till next day.	Fab
11/03/2004	19:00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Late, then term at West Ham (driver ill)	Pete
01/03/2004	18:18	Other	Fenchurch St.	Chucked off at Laindon for 10 mins while driver "rebooted"	Pete
23/02/2004	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	Stuck behind broken-down train at Benfleet. 30min delay	Pete
26/01/2004	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	25 minute delay into London due to signalling prob	Pete
22/01/2004	08:24	Delay	Basildon	Signal faliure. Delays into Fenchurch street of 36 minutes	Camila
15/01/2004	08:10	Delay	Basildon	Broken Down Train at Barking	Bunmi
15/01/2004	07:52	Delay/Fault	Leigh-on-Sea	Stopped @ West Ham. Smoke pouring from train. Details	Pete
12/01/2004	07:54	Line prob.	Basildon	congratulations c2c on receipt of licence to print money	-
12/01/2004	08:20	Delay	Laindon	-	Kirsty Vizzard
29/12/2003	08:03	Cancellation	Chafford Hundred	-	Michelle
13/12/2003	09:45	Cancellation	Rainham	no notice	ann
01/12/2003	18:05	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Overhead Line prob. at Benfleet. Majo delays	Pete
13/11/2003	18:25	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Chucked out at Laindon due to Big Stalkey Thing on track	Pete
13/11/2003	07:28	Delay	Chafford Hundred	Train delayed by over 16 min, standing room only	D Ray
12/11/2003	22:05	Other	Grays	person on board with 13-pints of stella and shared with all	Tony
23/09/2003	06:23	Other	Tilbury Town	My ticket got stuck in the ticket barrier at Tilbury Town.	Olu Mokuolu
11/08/2003	16:53	Delay	Fenchurch St.	10 mins late at FS, then WThurrock 10 mins more.	Pauline Cridland
11/08/2003	06:27	Delay	Grays	Running 10 minutes Late. No explanations.	Pauline Cridland
01/08/2003	08:07	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	18 mins late (Probs at West Ham)	Pete
28/07/2003	18:05	Delay	Fenchurch St.	late leaving/slow. 25mins late. o/head probs nr Limehouse	Pete
16/07/2003	07.35	Delay	Rainham	-	Keeley Moore
15/07/2003	18.00	Line prob.	Limehouse	2 lineside fires - all services via tilbury cancelled	Paul H
23/06/2003	08.03	Delay	Ockendon	30 mins due to overhead power failure	Linda
23/06/2003	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	30 min delay into FenchSt due to overhead line probs	Pete
28/05/2003	18:00	Delay	Limehouse	Due to late inward journey to Fenchurch St	Paul H
30/05/2003	18.00	Delay	Limehouse	Track defect at East Ham	Paul H
29/05/2003	18.00	Delay	Limehouse	Due to late inward journey to Fenchurch St	Paul H
23/05/2003	17.55	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	The journey from hell	Pauline Ilesley
24/05/2003	23:14	Delay	Stanford-le-Hope	The train came 45 minutes late then terminated at Barking.	Simon
23/05/2003	18:50	Delay	Fenchurch St.	2 hour delay. Overhead line probs	Rory
22/05/2003	18:25	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Major delays. Bus from Laindon to Leigh Image	Sarah S
22/05/2003	18.25	Line prob.	Basildon	did not arrive .was due to arrive 19:35 but could not wait.	lynne henderson
22/05/2003	18:05	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Delayed over an hour, then got chucked off at Laindon.	Jayde Mullen
20/05/2003	08:07	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	Overhead Line prob. at Shoebury Image	Pete
19/05/2003	17:53	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Had to get off train at West Ham - no info!2 hrs to Laindon!	Barbara
16/05/2003	18:05	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Over one hour late at West Horndon Image	Pete
12/05/2003	19:10	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	Train cancelled due to "extreme delays" Image	Pete
09/05/2003	-	Other	Unknown	I have been waiting at Tilbury Riverside Station for a year!	Darren
03/04/2003	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	Arrived Fenchurch 30 mins late. Very slow journey Image	Pete
26/02/2003	-	Other	Benfleet	Air conditioning in the middle of Winter?!?!
17/02/2003	08:54	Other	Upminster	The train left EARLY at 8:52, leaving us stranded	Steve Cox
03/02/2003	07:45	Cancellation	Benfleet	Signal Problems at Shoebury Image	Dave
26/11/2002	18:25	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Arrived at Leigh 67 mins late! Image	Pete
22/11/2002	18:20	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Serious delays. People fenced away from platform while trains left half-empty. Image	Pete
15/11/2002	18:00	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Severe delays.Points prob at Limehouse. Image	Sarah
14/11/2002	08:57	Delay	Barking	Train was cancelled, missed Silverlink connection at W Ham	Chris Collins
01/11/2002	19:49	Cancelled	Fenchurch St.	Train cancelled. Image	Pete
15/10/2002	18:05	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Train was very slow. Arrived 20 mins late at leigh	Pete
15/10/2002	17:52	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Major problem at Limehouse.Long delays.Image	Rory
10/10/2002	08:10	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	Arrived at Leigh 08:25	Pete
09/10/2002	22:12	Delay	Liverpool St.	Arr.22 mins late, then became 22:52. Arr Leigh 00:07	Pete
12/09/2002	07:52	Delay	Leigh-on-Sea	0752 arrived 0806, earlier failure	Pete
06/09/2002	19:10	Cancellation	Fenchurch St.	Serious delays from Fenchurch St. Image	Pete
05/09/2002	20:20	Delay	Fenchurch St.	technical problem on train - 30 mins delay	Paul
04/09/2002	18:30	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Problems in Stanford area - 60 mins delay	Paul
04/09/2002	18:05	Delay	Fenchurch St.	Serious delays from Fenchurch St. Image	Pete
03/09/2002	18:02	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Multiple train failures, bus Grays-Stanford	Paul
03/09/2002	08:07	Line prob.	Leigh-on-Sea	Trains evry 20mins (o/head probs). 35 min delay	Pete
03/09/2002	06:32	Line prob.	Stanford-le-Hope	Train failure, bus Stanford-Pitsea	Paul
02/09/2002	17:41	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	OHL problem at Rainham, delays, diverted via Ocken	Paul
02/09/2002	07:22	Line prob.	Stanford-le-Hope	Points problem, bus Stanford to Pitsea	Paul
02/09/2002	18:25	Line prob.	Fenchurch St.	Overhead problem.Long delays, bus Laindon-Leigh. Image	Pete
23/08/2002	23.52	Cancellation	Liverpool St.	Last trained cancelled-c2c staff could not assist	Steve
23/08/2002	08:07	Line prob.	Leigh-on-Sea	Severe delay due to o/head problem @ Benfleet	Pete
22/08/2002	18:25	Line prob.	Fenchurch St	Overhead lines. Bus from Pitsea to Leigh	Pete
03/03/2002	07.50	Other	West Ham	Hit on head by train door closing prematurely More info	Andrea

This site is not run or endorsed by c2c. Consumerdeals cannot be held responsible for any comments posted by visitors to this site. Please refer to our disclaimer.

Discuss c2c | Add your report | Back to c2c page