C2C rail and DLR works to cause heavy disruption across East London

Rail works being carried out during several weekends in April and May are set to cause heavy disruption for passengers. Engineers will shut sections of rail and DLR track between Fenchurch Street and West Ham in a bid to improve the reliability of train services.

This will include overhead line work, track maintenance and bridge repairs, along with platforms at Limehouse station being refurbished. Thames Water engineers will also use the closure for maintenance on sewers near West Ham.

Closures will take place on the three consecutive weekends of April 4-5, April 11-12 and April 18-19, followed by two more closures on May 9-10 and May 16-17. Passengers are encouraged to check TfL Go, City Mapper or the National Rail website before travelling, with many journeys expected to take longer.

The same sections of National Rail track will be shut on each closure date, except for Sunday, April 12 which has several alterations. The DLR closures are listed in the following section.

National Rail closures

On Sunday April 12

Services on the Basildon line will run via Grays and will not call at Upminster, West Horndon, Laindon or Basildon. Rail replacement buses will operate between Upminster and Pitsea via Laindon. Ticket acceptance is in place on the District line between Barking and Upminster.

Services on the Ockedon line via Tilbury will not call at Upminster, Ockendon or Chafford Hundred. Shuttle trains will run between Upminster and Grays. Ticket acceptance is in place on the District line between Barking and Upminster.

Services on the Rainham line will be diverted to Liverpool Street, calling at Stratford but not at Limehouse or West Ham, and will extend to Shoeburyness. Ticket acceptance is in place on the District line, Jubilee line and DLR.

On all other listed dates

Services on the Basildon line will be diverted to Liverpool Street, calling at Stratford but not at Limehouse or West Ham. Ticket acceptance is in place on the District line, Jubilee line and DLR via Stratford and West Ham.

Shuttle trains will run between Upminster and Grays, with passengers encouraged to change at these stations for services towards London or Southend

Services on the Rainham line will be diverted to Liverpool Street, calling at Stratford but not at Limehouse or West Ham. Services will extend to Southend Central on Saturdays and to Shoeburyness on Sundays. Ticket acceptance is in place on the District line, Jubilee line and DLR.

DLR closures

Between Friday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 8 and between Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 there are no trains between from Bank and Tower Gateway to Poplar and West India Quay.

On Saturday April 18 and Sunday, April 19 there will be no trains between Bank and Shadwell. On Sunday, April 19 no services will run between Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal and between Poplar and Beckton.

On both Sunday, May 10 and Sunday, May 17 no trains will run between Tower Gateway and Shadwell.

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