Charlton railway station
Charlton | |
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Location | Charlton |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
Managed by | Southeastern |
Station code(s) | CTN |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 (originally 3) [1] |
Accessible | Yes[2] |
Fare zone | 3 |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2014–15 | 1.801 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.264 million[3] |
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] |
Key dates | |
30 July 1849 [1] | Opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°29′13″N 0°01′56″E / 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
The typical off-peak service from the station per hour (tph) is:
- 4tph to Cannon Street
- 2tph to Charing Cross via Lewisham
- 2tph to Luton via London Bridge, St Pancras International, St Albans City and Luton Airport.
- 2tph to Dartford
- 2tph to Slade Green, returning to Cannon Street via Sidcup
- 2tph to Barnehurst, returning to London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath
- 2tph to Rainham via Dartford and Gravesend
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Westcombe Park | Thameslink Thameslink |
Woolwich Arsenal | ||
Southeastern Greenwich line |
Woolwich Dockyard | |||
Blackheath | Southeastern North Kent Line |
Connections
London Buses routes 161, 177, 180, 380, 472, 486 and night route N1 serve the station.[4]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Buses from Charlton" (PDF). TfL. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
External links
- Train times and station information for Charlton railway station from National Rail
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 3
- DfT Category D stations
- Railway stations in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
- Railway stations served by Southeastern
- Charlton, London
- 1849 establishments in England