Charing railway station

You can reach 31 stations directly from Charing on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 69 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Charing

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Ashford International	69	44	45
Bearsted	69	44	45
Hollingbourne	69	44	45
Harrietsham	69	44	45
Lenham	69	44	45
Maidstone East	69	44	45
Borough Green & Wrotham	68	43	43
Otford	68	43	43
Swanley	68	43	43
West Malling	68	43	43
Barming	58	37	43
Bromley South	58	37	43
East Malling	58	37	43
London Victoria	58	37	43
St Mary Cray	52	37	43
Kemsing	38	36	0
Charing Cross	10	6	0
London Bridge	10	6	0
Waterloo East	10	6	0
Canterbury West	3	0	0
Chilham	3	0	0
Chartham	3	0	0
Minster	3	0	0
Sturry	3	0	0
Wye	3	0	0
Ramsgate	2	0	0
Folkestone Central	1	0	0
Folkestone West	1	0	0
Sandling	1	0	0
Thanet Parkway	1	0	0
Westenhanger	1	0	0

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How busy Charing is

94,218 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,789th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Charing and Ashford International than any other pair: 42,074 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: 15 stations instead of 31, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 19.

Nearest other stations

Lenham 4.0 miles
Pluckley 4.0 miles
Harrietsham 5.7 miles
Ashford International 5.8 miles
Wye 6.3 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Hothfield · 2.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.