Rainham railway station is on the
London, Tilbury and Southend line
The London, Tilbury and Southend line, also known as Essex Thameside, is a commuter railway line on the British railway system. It connects Fenchurch Street station, in central London, with destinations in east London and Essex, including , , ...
, serving the town of
Rainham in the
London Borough of Havering
The London Borough of Havering () in East London, England, forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 259,552 inhabitants; the principal town is Romford, while other communities are Hornchurch, Upminster, Collier Row and Rainham. Th ...
, east London. Historically in the county of
Essex
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, in official literature the station is sometimes shown as Rainham (Essex) in order to distinguish it from the
station of the same name in Kent.
It is down the line from
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
Travelcard zone 6
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.
It was opened in 1854. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by
.
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
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
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
ticket barriers
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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 and
London St. Pancras
St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It ...
, 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 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
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
103, and
372 serve the station directly.
London Buses routes 165,
287 and London Buses school route
652
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serve the station from Rainham War Memorial stop.
References
External links
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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