Rainham
Phase 2 of the East Kent Resignalling Scheme involves renewing signalling along the following routes, control of which will transfer to the East Kent Signalling Centre at Gillingham:
The heaviest engineering works of the project are at Rochester, where a replacement station is being built within the embankment about 500-yards north of the present site. In addition to these, construction works have also occurred at Strood and Rainham: at the former, platforms have been lengthened at their northern ends to accommodate twelve-vehicle formations; at the latter, a third platform face has emerged. The Rainham works have involved creating a London-facing bay line on the ''up'' side of the station, capable of taking trains twelve carriages long, to be used by those services which currently terminate at Gillingham. This project was initially met by opposition from residents of the adjacent road, who voiced concern over the additional noise and invasion of privacy that terminating trains would bring. A public meeting was held on the issue on 28th March 2014, and construction of the new platform commenced later that year.
22nd January 2015
Part of the ''up'' side car park has been sacrificed to accommodate the new platform face and line, the works of which are seen in the above view nearing completion. © Roger Goodrum
22nd January 2015
Class 465 No. 465930 is seen approaching with a Faversham service in this London-bound view, having just run over the new facing crossover linking ''up'' and ''down'' lines with the bay. © Roger Goodrum
22nd January 2015
The advent of the bay line has also coincided with the lengthening of the main ''up'' platform face at its London end, taking it beyond the existing four-aspect colour signal. Platform construction here is the same as those extensions which have emerged at stations along the North Kent routes as part of the latest twelve-car train scheme. © Roger Goodrum
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