Rainham (Kent)
Rainham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in South East England, serving the town of Rainham, Kent. It is 38 miles 74 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Gillingham and Newington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Rainham, Medway, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “RAI”, “Rainham (Kent) Railway Station”, “Rainham railway station”, “Rainham Railway Station”, and “Rainham Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Railway and Church of St Margaret, Rainham.
Church of St Margaret, Rainham
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Margaret, Rainham is situated 1,400 feet south of Rainham (Kent).
Rainham Library
Library
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rainham Library is situated 2,000 feet west of Rainham (Kent).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainham and Yelsted.
Rainham
Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rainham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns. There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.
Yelsted
Hamlet
Yelsted is a hamlet in the Borough of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, England. In 1800, Edward Hasted noted that it was spelt Gillested. It was a manor in the parish of Stockbury, the manor-house was owned by 'John de Savage'. Yelsted is situated 2½ miles south of Rainham (Kent).
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Rainham (Kent)
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.36635° or 51° 21′ 59″ northLongitude
0.61131° or 0° 36′ 41″ eastElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Abbreviation
“RAI”Open location code
9F329J86+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 231562751OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Rainham (Kent)” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة قطارات رينهام”
- Dutch: “Station Rainham (Kent)”
- Dutch: “station Rainham”
- Dutch: “Station Rainham”
- French: “Rainham (Kent)”
- Japanese: “レイナム駅”
- Korean: “레인햄 철도역”
- Yiddish: “ריינהאם באן סטאנציע”
- Yiddish: “ריינהאם”
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