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Dr Bob Spink, MP joined the Mayor of Castle Point Cllr Mrs Beverley Egan, c2c Managing Director Mark Hopwood, Councillors and invitees when he paid his second official visit to Benfleet in four months to inaugurate the new disabled access at the station.

Top performing train company c2c, part of the National Express Group, is, for the second year running, sponsoring long standing commuter Nigel James and his walking companion Richard Quinn, on their annual walk to raise money for the NSPCC.

On Sunday 8 September work will take place on the line between Barking and Pitsea via Rainham and Grays.

Normal services will run throughout c2c during the weekend of 1 and 2 September, with no engineering work. Some late night services during the following week, however, will be affected by work on the track.

Customers using Upminster station are to get a surprise Christmas present in the form of bright modern lifts with touch-button automatic doors.

Train services will run on all c2c routes throughout the Bank Holiday weekend which will be free of any engineering.

The c2c route will enjoy a normal service on Saturday 18 August, but engineering work will take place between Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness on Sunday 19 August.

Most of the c2c route will enjoy a normal service throughout the above weekend, but engineering work is planned to take place between Barking and Grays via Rainham from 1810 on Saturday 11 until close of service on Sunday12 August.

Most of the c2c route will enjoy a normal service throughout the weekend of 4 and 5 August, but engineering work is planned to take place between Barking and Grays via Rainham from 1810 on Saturday 4 August until close of service on Sunday 5 August.

c2c, the UK's most punctual railway, is optimistic about the implications for the route of the government's 30 year strategy for the railway, announced yesterday.