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
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]
2021–22	1.073 million^[3]
– interchange	40,647^[3]
Key dates
30 July 1849^[1]	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°29′13″N 0°01′56″E / 51.48686°N 0.03232°E / 51.48686; 0.03232
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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 using Class 376, 465, 466, 700 and 707 EMUs.

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

4 tph to London Cannon Street (2 of these run via Greenwich and 2 run via Lewisham)
2 tph to Luton via Greenwich
2 tph to Barnehurst, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath and Lewisham
2 tph to Gravesend
2 tph to Rainham via Chatham

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from London Cannon Street via Sidcup and Lewisham in the clockwise direction and via Greenwich in the anticlockwise direction.

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

Connections

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

References

External links

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for
London (TfL)

London Underground	Night Tube Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City
London Rail	Docklands Light Railway Elizabeth line Tramlink London Overground North London East London South London West London Gospel Oak to Barking Lea Valley Romford–Upminster Watford DC
London Buses	East London Transit Superloop Night buses
Other	Coach station Cycle hire Dial-a-Ride IFS Cloud Cable Car London River Services London Streets Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators

River operators

Train operators

Other

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow London Heliport Military: Northolt Private: Biggin Hill
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Baker Street Bank-Monument Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Earl's Court Elephant & Castle Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street Green Park King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow stations Highbury & Islington Lewisham London City Airport Richmond Stratford Surbiton Sutton Upminster West Ham West Hampstead stations Whitechapel Willesden Junction Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Southeastern routes serving this station
Metro via Abbey Wood	London Charing Cross London Waterloo East London Bridge Deptford Greenwich Maze Hill Westcombe Park Lewisham Blackheath Charlton Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Arsenal Plumstead Abbey Wood Belvedere Erith Slade Green Barnehurst Crayford Dartford Greenhithe Gravesend Higham Strood Rochester Chatham Gillingham

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.