*Christmas Countdown Special Day 16* - Trains at Rainham (London) , LTSML & HS1, 08/12/25

Rainham railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of 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 station of the same name in Kent.

It is 12 miles 54 chains (20.4 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street and it is situated between Dagenham Dock to the west and Purfleet to the east. Its three-letter station code is RNM and it is within Travelcard zone 6.

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

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.

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 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 Barking and Grays. The roads served by the crossings have now been severed by the High Speed 1 line between Ebbsfleet and 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 station is the closest railway station.

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

Duration of the video: 10:17 - 13:41

We’ll be seeing services by c2c, Southeastern, Eurostar & hopefully freight as well.

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It’s been at least a few years or so since I last did any train spotting at Rainham but it’s always a nice station to come and revisit though plus the bonus thing was that I managed to see some Eurostar 373’s making an appearance which was something that I wasn’t expecting to come through but it was nice to see plus I had a fair amount of variety of freight coming through the station in the time session I was there for.

My next station will be Grays which is situated on the London, tilbury and Southend Mainline just a few stops up the line from here it’s been quite a long time since I last did any train spotting there but I’m sure it’ll be worth revisiting so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.