Rail Passengers (Overcrowding)

Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Castle Point to discuss the overcrowding on the c2c Fenchurch Street Line and the process for obtaining a new terminus rail station on Canvey Island to relieve that overcrowding.

Derek Twigg
There are no plans by the Department for extending the line to Canvey Island and a new terminus station on Canvey Island would not, in itself, reduce crowding on the route.

The Department would consider any fully-costed business case for proposals for new stations or developments to the national rail network.

c2c has been consulting on proposed December 2006 timetable changes which they say will lead to additional seats in the morning peak.