The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street station in the City of London, England, with East London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area. It is known as the Thameside Route by Network Rail. ^[1] Train services on the line are currently operated by c2c. The main route from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness via Basildon is 40 miles (64 km). The fastest timetabled journey time from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness is one hour. The name also refers to the British railway company which originally built the line in 1854, which was a joint venture between the London and Blackwall Railway and the Eastern Counties Railway. LTSR may refer to: London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, a railway line from London to Southend in England. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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History

Construction

The LT&SR initially linked London's Fenchurch Street and Bishopsgate stations with Tilbury via Stratford, Barking and Grays. By 1856 the line had been extended to Southend. In 1858 a more direct route from Fenchurch Street to Barking via Plaistow and East Ham was opened and service from Bishopsgate was withdrawn. The line was extended to Shoeburyness in 1884. Between 1885 and 1888 a new shorter route between Barking and Pitsea via Upminster was constructed and between 1892 and 1893 a single line branch was constructed from Romford to Grays via Upminster. Main entrance and Fenchurch Place Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London. ... Opened on 1st July 1840 as Shoreditch and renamed Bishopsgate on 27th July 1847, it was the original London passenger terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway. ... Tilbury is located on the north bank of the River Thames, in the borough of Thurrock in England, at the point where the river suddenly narrows to about 800 yards/740 metres in width. ... , Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... Barking is the principal town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... Grays is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock to the east of London. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... Plaistow is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. ... , Shoeburyness is a town in southeast Essex, England, situated at the mouth of the river Thames. ... Pitsea is a small town in south Essex, United Kingdom. ... Upminster is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... , Romford is a large suburban town in Greater London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ...

Operation and development

In 1912 the railway was bought by the Midland Railway (MR) from under the noses of the nearby Great Eastern Railway (GER). The line was known for its use of 4-4-2 tank engines which were later displaced by 2-6-4Ts after it had been absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923. This article is about the historical British railway company. ... The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ... A tank engine (occasionally tank locomotive, especially in England, notably used in reference to Thomas the Tank Engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water on it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...

The LMS constructed by 1932, and then managed, the line and stations of what is now a section of the London Underground from Barking to Upminster with services operated by the District Line from the outset; the LMS already managed all stations from Stepney Green to Barking inclusive. (Several of the now District Line stations still have LTSR in the roundels of the canopy supports, and a number of decommissioned platforms still remain on the mainline side.) The LMS in turn was nationalised in 1948 into British Railways (BR) and in 1949 the line was transferred to the Eastern Region. In 1958 an accident at Dagenham East caused the loss of 10 lives. Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The Dagenham East rail crash was a railway accident on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line of British Railways which occurred at Dagenham, United Kingdom. ...

The line was electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires in 1962 and passenger service was withdrawn from Bromley, Plaistow, Upton Park, East Ham, Becontree, Dagenham and Hornchurch so trains could run fast from Fenchurch Street to Upminster calling only at Stepney East and Barking. The stopping service of the London Underground District Line remained to serve intermediate stations. At the same time the Romford to Upminster section became physically disconnected from the rest of the line and the separation of the District Line and LTSR services was complete, although tickets continue to be fully interchangeable. // Railway electrification in Great Britain describes the various electrification systems that are used, or have been used, for supplying traction current to the railways and tramways of Great Britain. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... The London Underground is a transit system that serves much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...

In 1974 a station was opened to serve the new town of Basildon and in 1986 the route was transferred to the Network SouthEast sector of British Rail. During this time the line began to suffer from crumbling infrastructure and limited investment despite its intensive passenger operations. The press picked up on this and it become widely known as the "misery line". Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ... A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ...

On privatisation, Prism Rail took over operations and marketed the route as LTS Rail. When Prism were bought out by National Express Group the line was rebranded as c2c and the route was given the investment needed to replace rolling stock with new Class 357 Electrostar units and upgrade the infrastructure of the route. In 1995 a station was built at Chafford Hundred to serve the new community there and Lakeside Shopping Centre and in 1999 platforms were constructed at West Ham to provide interchange with the Jubilee Line Extension. Prism Rail was established in 1995 to acquire passenger rail franchises being made available under the Governments rail privatisation programme. ... National Express Group plc (LSE: NEX) is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. ... For other uses, see C2C. c2c is a train operating company that provides train services, on a franchise basis, on the London, Tilbury & Southend line from Fenchurch Street in the City of London to East London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area including Basildon, Chafford Hundred... Class 357, no. ... Chafford Hundred railway station is located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. ... The Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. ... The District line platforms at West Ham. ... Canary Wharf tube station The Jubilee Line Extension is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee Line into southern and eastern London. ...

Modernisation

During the early 1990s proposals were put forward to convert the whole line into a guided busway, however these plans were quickly dismissed when British Rail announced a complete re-signalling of the line. Over the years the LTS had been used in an almost experimental fashion and contained a whole host of different signalling systems (e.g. geographical, WESTPAC and relay interlockings). In 1995 work got underway to replace everything from signals, point machines to whole junctions. Part of a relay interlocking. ...

The main contractor for the work was GEC Alsthom who provided a Mark 3 solid state interlocking (SSI) system with SEMA providing the IECC element. Main line running signals all became 4 aspect colour lights (replacing searchlight signals amongst others), all point machines were replaced with HW2000 machines and the whole line had a complete fibre optic network installed. All level crossings were renewed with full barriers to be CCTV controlled by a designated workstation at Upminster. The Integrated Electronic control centre or IECC was developed in the late 1980s. ... The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (at-grade intersection) — without recourse to a bridge or tunnel — of a railway line by a road, path, or another railroad. ...

The main line between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness was also bi-directionally signalled (with 3 aspect signalling) along most parts, with the bi-directional section alternating from one track to the other between certain stations, to provide maximum flexibility for continuing operations should disruption occur.

The line was re-born over the Easter weekend 1996 when all the signal boxes from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness were switched out and control was transferred to Upminster IECC. This was later followed over the 1996 August bank holiday when Upminster took control from the remaining boxes on the Tilbury Loop. Low Street halt formerly between Tilbury Town and East Tilbury. All that remains is signal box at level crossing.

Ownership and management

'LTSR' canopy support at East Ham (no longer served)

Fenchurch Street Station

ex-LT&SR tank engine 41947 at Toton MPD April 1954.

Modern c2c Electrostar train on LT&SR route

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Boat trains

Historically, boat trains operated between St Pancras railway station and Tilbury Riverside railway station. These services reduced as Tilbury declined as a passenger terminal and Tilbury Riverside station finally closed in 1993. A ferry service to Gravesend continues to operate with train services from Fenchurch Street railway station and a bus service from Tilbury Town railway station timed to connect. It has been suggested that St Pancras International be merged into this article or section. ... Tilbury Riverside railway station is a closed railway station which used to be located in the town of Tilbury in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in the East of England, south of a triangular junction on the railway between Tilbury Town and East Tilbury. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. ... Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3. ... zxxcb nnmbbnbvbvb ...

Route

Main line

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Barking to Pitsea via Rainham loop

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Upminster to Grays branch

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Diversion

Trains can be diverted at Barking to call at Stratford and Liverpool Street, because of engineering work or other problems. Trains diverted at Barking, having passed Stratford, can also rejoin the main line before Limehouse (avoiding West Ham) and continue to Fenchurch Street. This diversionary route is less often used and consists of a short section of single track at Bow. Until May 2007, a limited regular evening service operated from Liverpool Street. As of May 2007, all through services now start and terminate at Fenchurch Street with two short shuttle services operating each weekday evening between Liverpool Street and Barking calling only at Stratford.^[2] This article is about Stratford Regional station in London. ... Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ...

Preservation

Of the original LTS, 4-4-2T number 80 survives at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk. An ex-LT&S BR Std (80079) is preserved on the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire. Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and Garden Centre located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ...

References

1. ^ Network Rail - Route 6 North London Line and Thameside Business Plan (2006)
2. ^ c2c - Changes to late evening and Liverpool Street services. May 2007.