17 October 2024 •
c2c welcomed the group from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service for the tour of its fleet on Friday, 11 October.
Led by Simon Smith, one of c2c’s most experienced operations trainers, it was designed to give the team from Basildon Watch detailed insight into the layout of both the Class 357 and Class 720 trains, to ensure the service has a good understanding of the trains in case of an emergency.
Simon, who has worked at c2c for 20 years and is a subject matter expert in operations training, said, “Sadly, emergencies can happen on the railway and this was an opportunity to provide the crew with some enhanced technical insight into the designs of both Class of trains we run on our network.
“I would like to thank the crew who came to the depot as they had years of experience in attending critical and major incidents between them and took the training incredibly seriously.
“We were able to have some important conversations which in certain scenarios should aid their response and may contribute to the preservation of life.”
Mark Kyprianou, temporary watch manager at Basildon Fire Station, said, “Today was very good. It was great to have some practical training and we would definitely recommend this to colleagues and do something like this again. We’d certainly like to come back and do further training and exercises.”
The training session was facilitated by Seray Fenn, Service Delivery Manager at c2c’s Shoeburyness depot.
Seray added, “We really enjoyed hosting the crew at Shoeburyness and look forward to building on this important relationship. The crew will be sharing their learning with other colleagues to ensure the knowledge benefits crews beyond Basildon Watch and we will be setting up further tours of the trains over the coming months.”
Notes to editors
- c2c is the award-winning train operator running services between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness, serving 26 stations in East London and South Essex.
- Owned by Trenitalia, c2c is one of the UK’s most punctual and popular train operators and nearly 35.8 million journeys are made on its services every year.
- Italian-based Trenitalia is one of Europe’s leading rail operators and the passenger rail arm of FS Italiane Group.
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