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Charity Santa trains offer families in Essex a festive day out by rail

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December 21, 2025
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The Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (ESSCRP) provided festive fun for Essex families facing hardship with a series of special Santa train journeys.

Schoolchildren treat passengers on Essex branch line to Christmas carols

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December 20, 2025
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On 10 December, passengers on a Greater Anglia train in Essex were treated to Christmas carols by schoolchildren from White Notley Primary School.

Essex railway to run HST event after Christmas

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December 4, 2025
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The Colne Valley Railway has a released tickets for its final event of this year – a high-speed train (HST) day.

New Essex railway station opens ahead of schedule

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October 27, 2025
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Today, 27th October, saw the official opening of the new railway station at Beaulieu Park station on the Great Eastern Mainline.

Essex train services to be affected by emergency repairs

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September 25, 2025
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This Sunday (28th September), emergency work to replace a faulty rail between Chadwell Heath and Shenfield will be carried out by Network Rail.

New specialised lifts installed at Essex Station

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September 7, 2025
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A £9 million investment into improving Grays station in Essex has been completed.

Greater Anglia trains to Southend to be disrupted for up to 3 months

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August 6, 2025
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From 11 August, some late evening train services between Shenfield and Southend Victoria/Southminster because of urgent engineering work.

Greater Anglia trains to Southend to be disrupted for up to 3 months

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August 6, 2025
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From 11 August, some late evening train services between Shenfield and Southend Victoria/Southminster because of urgent engineering work.

Train operator’s delight after convictions for Essex seafront disorder

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August 6, 2025
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After sentencing of ten individuals involved in violent disorder at Southend-on-Sea, the local rail operator, c2c, expressed delight at their conviction.

c2c train services become sixth to be transferred to public ownership

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July 19, 2025
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Next Sunday, 20th July, train services operated by c2c will be transferred to public ownership.