It was a pity Thurrock / Essex Council didn’t provide enough support for a station in Thurrock at the time, so much industry on the north shore of the Thames would have made sense. A missed opportunity for sure!

I guess adding more stations to HS1 would slow this down and make it a metro. by using the tram from purfleet P&R to ebbsfleet wouldn’t take long and maintain the HS service

Backed up by a local tram solution to ensure robustness while catering for regional growth

Certainly makes a lot of sense - all those HGVs moved by heavy rail is key for traffic reductions at Dartford. Local transport also plays a key part too - that needs a step change going forward.

Lauren, the LTC is not approved, it still needs to attract funding and the DCO.

Long over due…! Fingers cross for the project enabling all those residents access to the c2c network