Rainham Railway Station (London)

Rainham railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Rainham, London, Rainham in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Historically in the county of Essex, in official literature the station is sometimes shown as Rainham (Essex) in order to distinguish it from the Rainham (Kent) railway station, station of the same name in Kent.

It is down the line from Fenchurch Street railway station, London Fenchurch Street and it is situated between to the west and to the east. Its three-letter station code is RNM and it is within List of stations in London fare zone 6, Travelcard zone 6.

It was opened in 1854. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c.

History

The station was opened in 1854 on the original route of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from London to Tilbury, which was extended to Southend-on-Sea in 1856 and Shoeburyness in 1884. In 1888 a second, more direct, route to Southend was completed several miles to the north.

Location

The station is located on Ferry Lane, close to the junction with Wennington Road. Major industrial works surround the station, as does Rainham Creek, a local industrial river. Access is provided from the station building to the country-bound platform; in order to access the London-bound platforms, a pedestrian bridge must be crossed. There are turnstile, ticket barriers at the front entrance to the platform, restricting platform access to ticket-holders only.

A number of level crossings are situated on the line between and . The roads served by the crossings have now been severed by the High Speed 1 line between Ebbsfleet International railway station, Ebbsfleet and St Pancras railway station, London St. Pancras, but the level crossings are still ''in situ'', such as the one on Ferry Lane. This can be used to access the London-bound platform. A number of footbridges and road bridges have been built to replace them.

There is access to the Rainham Marshes via a footbridge immediately south of the station, although Purfleet railway station, Purfleet station is the closest railway station.

Beam Park railway station is a new station under construction to the west of Rainham.

Services

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

* 2 trains per hour (tph) westbound to Fenchurch Street railway station, London Fenchurch Street;
* 2 tph eastbound to .

During peak times there are additional services including some connecting to other sections of the line beyond Grays.

Connections

London Buses routes London Buses route 103, 103, and London Buses route 372, 372 serve the station directly. London Buses routes 165, London Buses route 287, 287 and London Buses school route London Buses route 652, 652 serve the station from Rainham War Memorial stop.

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Railway stations in the London Borough of Havering
DfT Category C2 stations
Former London, Tilbury and Southend Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854
Railway stations served by c2c