Charlton railway station

Charlton
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
2015–16	1.684 million[3]
– interchange	0.396 million[3]
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]
Key dates
30 July 1849 [1]	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51.48686°N 0.03232°E
	London transport portal

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 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.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4][5]

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

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

London Buses routes 161, 177, 180, 380, 472, 486 and night route N1 serve the station.[6]

Charlton railway station at Kentrail - David Glasspool - Accessed 3 September 2007
"London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
"Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
"Timetable 5: London to Dartford, Gravesend and The Medway Towns" (PDF). Southeastern, September 2020.
"Timetable 06: Luton to Dartford and Rainham" (PDF). Thameslink, December 2019.
"Buses from Charlton" (PDF). TfL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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