Rainham (Kent) railway station

Rainham (Kent)
Location
Place	Rainham
Local authority	Borough of Medway
Coordinates	51°21′59″N 0°36′41″E / 51.366411°N 0.611328°E / 51.366411; 0.611328Coordinates: 51°21′59″N 0°36′41″E / 51.366411°N 0.611328°E / 51.366411; 0.611328
Grid reference	TQ818662
Operations
Station code	RAI
Managed by	Southeastern
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	1.704 million
2011/12	1.702 million
2012/13	1.693 million
2013/14	1.716 million
2014/15	1.722 million
History
25 Jan 1858[1]	Opened as Rainham and Newington
1 Aug 1862	Renamed Rainham
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rainham (Kent) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Rainham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, between Gillingham and Newington. Train services are provided by Southeastern. In official literature it is shown as Rainham (Kent) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Greater London.

Rainham station is 38 miles and 1694 yards from London Victoria, according to the mileage sign on the footbridge.

Ticket barriers are in operation, but there is a gate on the eastbound platform that is sometimes open.

The station currently has three platforms.^[2]

Services

Medway Towns
Legend North Kent Line (& High Speed) to London Bridge & St Pancras Chatham Main Line to Victoria & Blackfriars Medway Valley Line to Maidstone Halling Cuxton Strood Rochester Bridge | Strood (1st) Rochester Bridge Goods station Rochester Common Rochester(2015–) Rochester(1892–2015) Chatham Central River Medway Chatham Gillingham Rainham Chatham Main Line to Faversham, Dover and Ramsgate

Typical off-peak services are:

• 2 tph to London St Pancras via Gravesend and Ebbsfleet International (High Speed)
• 1 tph to London St Pancras via Faversham, Ramsgate, Deal, Dover Priory and Ashford International (High Speed)
• 1 tph to Faversham (High Speed)
• 3 tph to London Victoria via Bromley South with 1 tph stopping at Denmark Hill (Main Line)
• 2 tph to Dover Priory via Canterbury East (Main Line)
• 1 tph to Ramsgate via Faversham and Margate (Main Line)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gillingham		Southeastern Chatham Main Line		Newington
Gillingham		Southeastern High Speed 1		Sittingbourne

Update

As part of the rebuild of Rochester Station, a new Up Bay Platform has been added.^[3]
Trains are now able to use this new platform as the East Kent Resignalling Project has been completed. At present, only a couple of trains use it in the evening rush hour.

References

External links

• Rainham Station Photos 1980s

Media related to Rainham (Kent) railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Rainham (Kent) railway station from National Rail