Rainham (Kent) railway station
railway station in Rainham, Medway, Kent, England, UK
Rainham railway station is a railway station in Rainham in Kent. The station is in walking distance from the Rainham shopping centre. The station is on the Chatham Main Line.
Rainham | |
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Location | |
Place | Rainham |
Local authority | Borough of Medway |
Coordinates | 51°21′59″N 0°36′41″E / 51.366411°N 0.611328°E |
Grid reference | TQ818662 |
Operations | |
Station code | RAI |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Platforms in use | 3 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
History | |
25 Jan 1858[1] | Opened as Rainham and Newington |
1 Aug 1862 | Renamed Rainham |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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Services
changeTrain services at Rainham are run by Southeastern and Thameslink, They use Class 375, 395 and 700 EMUs.
The off-peak service is:[2]
- 2 trains per hour to London St Pancras International
- 2 trains per hour to London Victoria
- 2 trains per hour to Luton via Dartford and Greenwich
- 1 trains per hour to Faversham
- 1 trains per hour to Dover Priory via Canterbury East
- 2 trains per hour to Ramsgate
Some trains go to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street at peak hours.
Previous station | National Rail | Next station | ||
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Gillingham | Southeastern |
Newington or Sittingbourne | ||
Southeastern | ||||
Thameslink | Terminus |
References
change- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ Table 194, 200, 201, 212 National Rail timetable, December 2023