C2C Rail Shuttle Bus
Interesting to see in today's Evening Echo that C2C have been in discussions with Southend Council and SEN (so it says) with a view to introducing a shuttle bus between one of their stations on the Fenchurch Street to Southend line and the airport.
I suppose Southend Central would be the obvious choice and the journey time from that station to SEN would be about 10 minutes. The first train from London on that line arrives at Southend Central at 05:54 (37 minutes earlier the first to arrive at SEN) and the last departs at 23:35 (30 minutes later than the last from SEN). Whether C2C see those facts as being the driver for this idea or whether the intention is to satisfy an existing demand on their line throughout the day is not stated.
If nothing else this story highlights the inability/unwillingness for more than three years of the SEN management to do something about the lack of any public transport arriving from London before 06:31 or to London later than 23:05. I really do feel that this fact cannot be anything but a negative factor when trying to attract new operators to SEN.