Charlton railway station

For other uses, see Charlton railway station (disambiguation).

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(s)	CTN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2 (originally 3)[1]
Accessible	Yes[2]
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
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]
2022–23	1.169 million[3]
– interchange	50,945[3]
2023–24	1.173 million[3]
– interchange	28,059[3]
Key dates
30 July 1849[1]	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.48686°N 0.03232°E / 51.48686; 0.03232
London transport portal

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	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]