Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross is a major interchange: 118 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 676 trains a day.

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Address: Strand, London, WC2N 5HS

Charing Cross is the nearest station for postcodes in WC2N, WC2E, WC2R, SW1A, SW1Y. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Charing Cross

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Bridge	676	597	374
Waterloo East	675	597	374
Lewisham	291	269	201
Sevenoaks	256	226	182
Hither Green	220	226	192
Dartford	216	188	126
Tonbridge	185	152	116
Orpington	165	158	126
Bexley	151	149	125
Crayford	151	149	125
New Eltham	151	149	125
Sidcup	151	149	125
Albany Park	146	149	125
Lee	145	149	125
Mottingham	145	149	125
Catford Bridge	142	144	65
Ladywell	142	144	65
Lower Sydenham	142	144	65
New Beckenham	142	144	65
Hayes	141	144	65
Clock House	140	144	65
Eden Park	140	144	65
Elmers End	140	144	65
West Wickham	140	144	65
High Brooms	113	83	57
Tunbridge Wells	113	83	57
Chelsfield	81	75	66
Ashford International	80	74	58
Greenhithe	79	78	65
Gravesend	79	78	65
Chislehurst	78	77	67
Elmstead Woods	78	77	67
Grove Park	78	77	67
Petts Wood	78	77	67
Stone Crossing	76	78	65
Northfleet	75	78	65
Swanscombe	75	78	65
Dunton Green	73	75	66
Knockholt	73	74	66
Headcorn	69	68	58

and 78 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Charing Cross is

19,767,784 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 23rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 315,874 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Charing Cross and London Bridge than any other pair: 1,281,250 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 75 stations instead of 118, a drop of about 36%. Saturday runs to 89.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Charing Cross loses 1 including Bromley South.

Nearest other stations

London Waterloo 0.6 miles
Tottenham Court Road 0.7 miles
Waterloo East 0.7 miles
London Blackfriars 0.9 miles
City Thameslink 1.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Charing Cross, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Blackfriars (SER) · 0.9 miles
Borough Road · 1.2 miles
Great Portland Street · 1.4 miles
St Pancras · 1.6 miles
Bank and Monument stations · 1.6 miles
Nine Elms · 1.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.