Charlton railway station is a railway station in Charlton, Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is 7 miles 44 chains (12.2 km) measured from Charing Cross. The station is operated by Southeastern. Trains serving the station are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.

Charlton
Charlton Location of Charlton in Greater London
Location	Charlton
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	Southeastern
Station code	CTN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2 (originally 3)[1]
Accessible	Yes[2]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	1.496 million[3]
– interchange	0.946 million[3]
2017–18	1.501 million[3]
– interchange	0.105 million[3]
2018–19	1.681 million[3]
– interchange	0.110 million[3]
2019–20	1.709 million[3]
– interchange	87,632[3]
2020–21	0.460 million[3]
– interchange	19,576[3]
Key dates
30 July 1849[1]	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.48686°N 0.03232°E / 51.48686; 0.03232
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Charlton station is within walking distance of The Valley, home of Charlton Athletic F.C. It was first opened in 1849 by the South Eastern Railway on the North Kent Line and is close to the junction where the routes via Greenwich and Lewisham converge (the link from Greenwich and Maze Hill being completed in 1878).

Services

Services at Charlton are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Class 376, 465, 466, 700 and 707 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

• 2 tph to London Cannon Street via Greenwich
• 2 tph to London Charing Cross via Lewisham
• 2 tph to Luton via Greenwich
• 2 tph to Crayford, returning to London Cannon Street via Sidcup and Lewisham
• 2 tph to Dartford
• 2 tph to Rainham via Dartford and Gravesend

During the peak hours, the station is also served by direct trains to and from Bexleyheath and Barnehurst.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Westcombe Park		Thameslink Greenwich Line		Woolwich Arsenal
		Southeastern Greenwich Line		Woolwich Dockyard
Blackheath		Southeastern North Kent Line

Connections

London Buses routes 161, 177, 180, 472, 486 and night route N1 serve the station.[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlton railway station.

• Train times and station information for Charlton railway station from National Rail