Charlton railway station

You can reach 72 stations directly from Charlton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 338 trains a day.

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Charlton is the nearest station for postcodes in SE7. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Charlton

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Bridge	338	290	260
London Cannon Street	257	214	128
Abbey Wood	254	227	200
Plumstead	254	227	200
Slade Green	254	227	200
Woolwich Arsenal	254	227	200
Deptford	181	156	200
Greenwich	181	156	200
Maze Hill	181	156	200
Westcombe Park	181	156	200
Belvedere	177	152	138
Erith	177	152	138
Woolwich Dockyard	177	152	138
Dartford	159	159	135
New Cross	155	134	60
St Johns	154	134	60
Lewisham	139	134	60
Blackheath	138	134	60
Greenhithe	80	79	64
Gravesend	80	79	64
Northfleet	79	75	62
Stone Crossing	79	75	62
Swanscombe	79	75	62
Chatham	78	79	64
Gillingham	78	79	64
Rochester	78	79	64
Strood	78	79	64
London Blackfriars	77	75	56
Higham	77	75	62
St Pancras International	77	75	56
Farringdon	77	75	56
City Thameslink	75	49	0
Rainham	73	74	59
Barnehurst	65	65	60
Bexleyheath	65	63	60
Eltham	65	63	60
Falconwood	65	63	60
Kidbrooke	65	63	60
Welling	65	63	60
West Hampstead Thameslink	64	60	7

and 32 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Charlton is

1,269,452 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 442nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 20,420 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Charlton and London Bridge than any other pair: 301,680 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: 54 stations instead of 72, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 60.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Charlton loses 7 including Faversham, Sittingbourne, Whitstable, Broadstairs, Herne Bay, Margate.

Nearest other stations

Westcombe Park 0.6 miles
Woolwich Dockyard 1.1 miles
Maze Hill 1.2 miles
Kidbrooke 1.7 miles
Woolwich Arsenal 1.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Silvertown · 1.2 miles
London City Airport · 1.4 miles
Connaught Road · 1.5 miles
Prince Regent · 1.6 miles
Royal Albert · 1.6 miles
North Woolwich · 1.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.