Editing C2c (section)

===Rail contract (2021–2025)===
On 19 July 2021, the franchise agreement was replaced with a rail contract, which was due to expire on 23 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trenitalia c2c Limited 2021: rail contract |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045007/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-rail-contract.pdf |publisher=Department for Transport |date=19 July 2021 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107094931/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045007/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-rail-contract.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trenitalia c2c Limited 2021: business plan commitments |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045008/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-business-plan-commitments.pdf |publisher=Department for Transport |access-date=29 January 2023 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107094932/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1045008/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-business-plan-commitments.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

During May 2022, the timetable was amended to accommodate the London Overground extension to {{rws|Barking Riverside}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetable change 15 May |url=https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/timetable-change-15-may/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |date=April 2022 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202114945/https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/media-centre/latest-news/timetable-change-15-may/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the extension having started running in July 2022 as a spur from the Tilbury loop line east of Barking, sharing infrastructure with c2c services.

c2c has been one of several train operators impacted by the [[2022–present United Kingdom railway strikes]], which was the first national rail strike in the UK for three decades.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61573206 |title=Rail strike: RMT union votes for national action |work=[[BBC News]] |date=24 May 2022 |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524200021/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61573206 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/strike-dates-this-week-when-train-tube-strikes-start-why-how-travel-affected-1695412 |title=The dates of the train, Tube and bus strikes this week, and how services will be affected |date=20 June 2022 |website=i (newspaper) |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624100918/https://inews.co.uk/news/strike-dates-this-week-when-train-tube-strikes-start-why-how-travel-affected-1695412 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its workers are amongst those who are participating in [[industrial action]] owing to a dispute over pay and working conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/24226063.c2c-strike-action-service-affected-week/ |title=c2c strike action: how service is affected from this week |publisher=echo-news.co.uk |date=2 April 2014 |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426195042/https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/24226063.c2c-strike-action-service-affected-week/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/05/rmt-and-aslef-strike-action-to-impact-c2c-services.html |title=RMT and ASLEF strike action to impact c2c services |website=railadvent.co.uk |first=Janine |last=Booth |date=6 May 2023 |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-date=25 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425105228/https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/05/rmt-and-aslef-strike-action-to-impact-c2c-services.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the lead up to the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] of [[Keir Starmer]] committed itself to bring the passenger operations of the British rail network back under [[state ownership]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Topham |first2=Gwyn |date=24 April 2024 |title=Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/24/labour-promises-rail-nationalisation-within-five-years-of-coming-to-power |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=The Guardia |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2024 |title=Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68889345 |access-date=8 February 2025 |work=BBC News |archive-date=30 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130061916/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68889345 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following its [[2024 United Kingdom general election|election in 2024]], the government introduced the ''Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024'' that received the [[royal assent]] in November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2024 |title=Rail nationalisation takes a step closer with Starmer's first major public reform |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rail-nationalisation-commons-victory-reform-b2606498.html |access-date=8 February 2025 |website=The Independent |archive-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210102151/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rail-nationalisation-commons-victory-reform-b2606498.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2023, the Department for Transport announced that c2c's contract had been extended to 20 July 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2023 |title=Trenitalia c2c Limited 2021: notice of variation |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172678/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-notice-of-variation.pdf |access-date=24 July 2023 |publisher=Department for Transport |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724015257/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172678/trenitalia-c2c-ltd-notice-of-variation.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[DfT Operator]] operated [[c2c (2025)|c2c]] is scheduled to takeover from c2c on 20 July 2025.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Espiner |first1=Tom |title=South Western, C2C, and Greater Anglia to be renationalised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqlnrgjr79o |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207094714/https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2024/12/04-government-reveals-first-three-renationalised.html |url=https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2024/12/04-government-reveals-first-three-renationalised.html |title=Government reveals first three operators to be renationalised after law change |publisher=[[Railnews]] |date=4 December 2024 |archive-date=7 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Operators to move in-house every three months |magazine=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]] |issue=1024 |date=11 December 2024 |page=14}}</ref>