23 May 2025 • 4 min read
Page last updated 30 May 2025
Due to planned engineering works, Wembley Park Station will be closed on Sunday 1st June, the day of the Vanarama National League Play-Off Final. All Southend United supporters (with a match ticket) travelling to Wembley Stadium are therefore advised to plan their journey well in advance and consider the following travel options.
- c2c will be running a full Sunday timetable with trains going into both Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street stations. We are running as many trains with as many carriages as possible throughout the day.
- There will be three trains per hour via Laindon, with one train into Fenchurch Street and two into Liverpool Street.
- There will be a one train per hour running from Shoeburyness to Fenchurch Street via Ockendon.
- Services to and from Liverpool Street will not call at Basildon or West Horndon. Services to and from Fenchurch Street will call at Basildon and West Horndon.
- Don’t leave it until the last train to get back home, these could get very busy.
- Plan your journey here.
Making your way from London to Wembley stations
Once you have arrived in London with c2c, fans are advised to take either the Bakerloo or Lioness Line services to Wembley Central Station, or Chiltern Railways services from London Marylebone to Wembley Stadium Station.
- Wembley Central station is a 15-minute walk from the stadium and is served by Bakerloo Line and Lioness Line services for key destinations including Baker Street, London Euston, Willesden Junction, London Paddington, Oxford Circus and London Waterloo. There is an enhanced service operating on the Bakerloo Line on Sunday 1 June.
- Wembley Stadium station is a 5-minute walk from the stadium and is served by Chiltern Railways – it connects via London Marylebone.
From London Liverpool Street:
- Take the westbound Elizabeth line to Paddington, then change for the northbound Bakerloo line to Wembley Central. Please note that only Bakerloo line services to Harrow & Wealdstone go to Wembley Central station. There are also three trains per hour that terminate at Stonebridge Park which is 30 minute walk from the stadium (2.1km).
From London Fenchurch Street:
- Walk to Tower Hill and take the westbound District line, then:
- Change at Embankment for the northbound Bakerloo line to Wembley Central
- Please note that only Bakerloo line services to Harrow & Wealdstone go to Wembley Central station. There are also three trains per hour that terminate at Stonebridge Park which is 30 minute walk from the stadium (2.1km). Change at Marylebone for Chiltern Railways to Wembley Stadium.
NOTE: A queuing system will be in operation at key c2c stations (on departure and arrival), at Wembley Stadium Station (after the match) and London Marylebone (before the match), so please allow plenty of time for your journeys.
Train Tickets
Full details of c2c’s wide range of fares, along with booking and payment options can be found here.
- Skip the queues to pick up tickets at the station, E-Tickets are valid on the c2c route and can be scanned via the barcode at the gates, change to contactless when travelling on TfL.
Customers are also reminded that Pay As You Go with Contactless ticketing is accepted across the entire c2c route, on the London Underground and Chiltern Railways stations to Wembley Stadium Station.
- Contactless fares information is available on the TfL website here.
Parking
c2c’s larger stations all offer plenty of safe and secure car parking from £5 (all day). Payment information can be found here, and you can view our live capacity checker here.
We will update this page and our social media channels with further updates as matchday approaches.