London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway was a British railway company whose network connected Fenchurch Street station in central London with destinations across east London and Essex. It was authorized by the London, Tilbury and Southend Extension Railway Act of 1852 and began running services on 13 April 1854. Its main line covered about 39 miles and 40 chains, serving Barking, Upminster, Grays, Tilbury, Southend and Shoeburyness. The company operated independently until 1912, when it was sold to the Midland Railway. Its routes later passed through the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and nationalization, and the network it built remains largely intact today, operated as part of the c2c franchise.