Rail Passenger Rights and Obligations

We provide information to help keep you updated before, during and after your journey.

• You can buy tickets, check prices and find out departure times from our website. This covers all rail journeys in the UK, not just on c2c. The information is also available on the c2c Train Travel app
• Our Service Alterations page provides detail on future planned engineering work or any other changes before you travel
• During your journey, our Live Travel Information page can keep you updated on any disruption and service alterations in real time. This covers both c2c trains and London Underground.
• If you travel regularly with c2c, you can set up a Travel Alert that proactively notifies you of any disruption to your journey
• We provide live travel information through Twitter, where our team can also provide advice and answer your questions
• For commuters, our online tool provides information on how busy each peak-time train normally is, to help you choose the service that suits you best

At our stations, our team will endeavor to help you with any questions you have. We publish information about normal ticket office opening times on our website, along with a guide to the facilities available such as toilets, waiting rooms and onward travel information. When no staff are available at a station, you can use the Help Point function to speak to a member of our team.

If you want any assistance with your journey, our Passenger Assist page provides a full guide to the support we offer and how you can book guaranteed assistance with your journey.

We understand how important it is that we give you a punctual and reliable service that you can depend on.

To help build that confidence, every weekday we publish a summary of the previous day’s punctuality results. This page also provides information on overall performance in recent months.

Here is a summary of c2c’s punctuality performance for 2022/23:

Live travel information during disruption is available on our website or from our social media team on Twitter.

When there is disruption, we follow the processes set out in our Passenger Information During Disruption report.

When there is significant disruption during rush hour, which affects a large number of customers, we publish an Incident Review summarising what happened, what the impact was, and what we did to manage the situation. These are published in our Latest News section, and are typically available for two months following the event.

• 80% of c2c customers said they were satisfied with the punctuality of our services.
• This compares to 80% average satisfaction among all London commuters

We know that a clean train and station is one of the most important standards our customers expect from us. In the past year, this has been more important than ever. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we introduced additional cleaning procedures to disinfect all touch points, both on-train and at stations.

Station cleaning is continuous. At busy stations, we have cleaners permanently on site. At quieter stations, our cleaners visit 2-3 times a day. Touch points at the station are disinfected each time a cleaner visits, as well as cleaning of toilets and litter picking. Stations are deep-cleaned at least every 8 weeks, with a full clean of platforms, furniture, railings, stairs and shelters

Trains are disinfected each time they enter the depot. This includes using specialist “fogging” equipment that can reach every surface. Litter is picked from the train at the end of each journey, and train toilets are also steam cleaned at least once a day.

The Statistics below comes from Wavelength which is an ongoing customer satisfaction survey managed by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) designed to keep our finger on the pulse and address the issues which matter to our customers. Here are the key results for 2022/23 on cleanliness and toilet facilities from Wavelength:

The Statistics below comes from Wavelength which is an ongoing customer satisfaction survey managed by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) designed to keep our finger on the pulse and address the issues which matter to our customers.

Here are the key c2c customer satisfaction results for 2022/23 from Wavelength:

We appreciate that sometimes things go wrong, or you are unhappy with the service you have received. We aim to make it simple for you to contact us, and we strive to resolve your concerns quickly and effectively.

Our contact details, including a simple form you can use to make a complaint or enquiry, is available on our website.

In 2022/23, our Customer Relations team received 4,667 complaints, and closed 4,780 complaints.

On average, complaints were closed in 4.9 working days. 99.98% of complaints were addressed within our target response time of 20 working days.

The main categories of complaint received in 2022/23 were:

Performance: 802 complaints received in  2022/23

Ticketing and refunds policy: 715 complaints received in  2022/23

Smartcards: 574 complaints received in 2022/23

Online ticket buying: 572 complaints received in  2022/23

Ticket Machine ticket buying: 422 complaints received in  2022/23

We made a number of changes to address some of the issues that were most-complained about. This included:

• Improvements were made in customer communication on social media and we made a pledge to provide easier access to information on our website. Internally, we launched a live information feed during disruption to provide more accurate live travel information and are working to deliver up to date engineering information.
• Improvements to our Smartcard system and retailing system, the most notable of which is the launch of Kids for £2, Boundary Zones and Inboundary Travelcard Seasons on Smart. We have also further increased information online, FAQs, and catered marketing emails to customers.
•  Many updates have been released to the c2c App over the last year to improve its reliability. Further, Biometric authentication, changes to “My Account”, and information on ticket types were made and added to improve user experience and provide easily accessible information.
•  Following extensive customer research along with taking onboard staff feedback, we have implemented some changes to our TVM’s across the route to help improve the experience of our customers when purchasing a ticket. For example, one change is that our Home screens now prioritise key features based on usage and we have reduced the number of ‘Quick Buy’ tickets from 9 to 6, to reduce ‘information overload’.

We have a dedicated section on our website. This includes details of the support we can provide, contact information and advice on how to book assistance.

In 2022/23, we received 1,113 bookings requesting assistance. This was up significantly on the previous year, due to growing confidence in travel. 

We received 90 complaints about accessibility issues and facilities.