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Rainham (Kent) railway station

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Place
  
Rainham

Station code
  
RAI

DfT category
  
C2

Number of platforms
  
3

Grid reference
  
TQ818662

Managed by
  
Southeastern

2011/12
  
1.702 million

Local authority
  
Medway

Rainham (Kent) railway station

Address
  
Rainham, Gillingham ME8 7SH, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Gillingham (Kent) railway st, Rochester railway station, Strood railway station, Chatham railway station, Snodland railway station

Rainham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rainham, Kent. It is 38 miles 74 chains (62.6 km) down-line from London Victoria and is situated between Gillingham and Newington.

Contents

The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern. The station has three platforms.

In official literature it is shown as Rainham (Kent) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Greater London.

Services

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)

    • Update

    As part of the rebuild of Rochester Station, a new Up Bay Platform has been added.
    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

    Rainham (Kent) railway station Wikipedia
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