Charlton railway station is a railway station in
Charlton,
Royal Borough of Greenwich
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. It is measured from . The station is operated by
Southeastern
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. Trains serving the station are operated by
Southeastern
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and
Thameslink
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. It is in
Travelcard Zone 3
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Nationa ...
.
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
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and is close to the junction where the routes via and converge (the link from Greenwich and being completed in 1878).
Services
Services at Charlton are operated by
Southeastern
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and
Thameslink
Thameslink is a 24-hour main-line route in the British railway system, running from , , , and via central London to Sutton, , , Rainham, , , , and . The network opened as a through service in 1988, with severe overcrowding by 1998, carrying ...
using , , , and
EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 4 tph to
London Cannon Street (2 of these run via and 2 run via )
* 2 tph to via Greenwich
* 2 tph to , returning to London Cannon Street via and Lewisham
* 2 tph to
* 2 tph to via
During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly circular service to and from
London Cannon Street via and Lewisham in the clockwise direction and via Greenwich in the anticlockwise direction.
Connections
London Buses routes
161,
177,
180,
472
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,
486 and night route
N1 serve the station.
References
External links
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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
Railway station
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1849 establishments in England
Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway