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(s)	CTN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2 (originally 3)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.709 million
– interchange	87,632
2020–21	0.460 million
– interchange	19,576
2021–22	1.073 million
– interchange	40,647
2022–23	1.169 million
– interchange	50,945
2023–24	1.173 million
– interchange	28.059
Key dates
30 July 1849	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°29′13″N 0°01′56″E / 51.48686°N 0.03232°E
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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 Dartford
2 tph to Rainham via Chatham

Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via Sidcup call at the station during the peak hours.

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, 472, 486 and night route N1 serve the station.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Charlton railway station at Kentrail - David Glasspool - Retrieved 3 September 2007
^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Table 200, 201 National Rail timetable, June 2024
^ "Buses from Charlton" (PDF). TfL. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.