Charlton railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Charlton railway station is a railway station in Charlton, Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is measured from Template:Rws. 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 Template:Stn and Template:Stn converge (the link from Greenwich and Template:Rws being completed in 1878).

Services

Services at Charlton are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink using Template:Brc, Template:Brc, Template:Brc, Template:Brc and Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 4 tph to London Cannon Street (2 of these run via Template:Stn and 2 run via Template:Stn)
• 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 National Rail			Following station
Westcombe Park		Thameslink Template:Smalldiv		Woolwich Arsenal
		Southeastern Template:Smalldiv		Woolwich Dockyard
Blackheath		Southeastern Template:Smalldiv

Connections

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Charlton railway station from National Rail