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375611 leads 375612 away from Rainham working 13:07 Victoria to Dover Priory on 24th March 2015

(above) Rainham box therefore has a stay of execution. 375611 leads 375612 away from Rainham working 13:07 Victoria to Dover Priory on 24th March 2015.

 

(left) A view of the new London facing bay platform at Rainham, due to be commissioned over Easter but now postponed. The bay is a 12 car length.

 

(below) The webmaster thinks there is something delightfully perverse about a high speed train creeping across a level crossing! Of course this is not a stretch of high speed track....
395022 runs over Rainham level crossing whilst working the 11:37 St. Pancras - Kent anti-clockwise Roundabout - St. Pancras service on 24th March 2015.

395022 running over Rainham level crossing working the 11:37 St. Pancras to St. Pancras service.
375905 arriving at Rainham on 24th March 2015 working 13:22 Dover Priory to Victoria service

(above) 375905 arriving at Rainham on 24th March 2015 working 13:22 Dover Priory to Victoria service. The signal on the left being one of the few remaining with a three light route indicator.

(below) Looking towards the tunnel, the platform extension at Strood to make the platforms up to 12 car length.

The platform extension at Strood to make the platforms up to 12 car length