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Getting to Charlton??



nordicgod

Top banana
Jul 21, 2011
935
polegate
charlton station back to london bridge then over to platform 6 first capital connect train every 15mins to st pancras. simples
 










Se20

Banned
Oct 3, 2012
3,981
How did people travel before Internet message boards ?
 








fataddick

Well-known member
Feb 6, 2004
1,603
The seaside.
And - unless you use the Underground - you have to take into account the nightmare at London Bridge called "How do I find the right platform for the train I want?"

Trains to St Pancras leave from London Bridge Platform 6 on the hour, quarter hour, half hour and quarter to (or at least if they're running to time they do). Their ultimate destination is Bedford (origination being Brighton) and they will likely be dark purpley First Capital Connect branded (although sometimes they use old Southern stock they haven't got round to repainting).

Should the train the OP has caught from Charlton to LB have the ultimate destination Charing Cross, it will arrive on Platform 6 itself, so there is no need to change platforms at all. The OP just needs to get off the train, stand where he is and wait for one going to Bedford (rather than Charing Cross) to pull up alongside.

However should the train the OP has caught have the ultimate destination of Cannon Street or London Bridge itself (there are a couple of fast-to-LB ones they put on special like after games) it is 97.6% likely it will arrive on Platform 2, in which case the OP should use the footbridge between platforms to perambulate to Platform 6, which he or she will find located between Platform 5 and Platform 8. There is no Platform 7.

Personally I find negotiating the tube station at LB far more of a mission than the overground.
 






Diego Napier

Well-known member
Mar 27, 2010
4,416
Thanks, couldn't find one on the map called Charlton. doh!

Well done, excellent thread!

btw, are you safe out on your own?
 




















junior

Well-known member
Dec 1, 2003
6,756
Trent & Mersey Canal
JESUS!!!

NEW QUESTION.......

Does anyone know HOW LONG it is likely to take me to get from Charlton - London Bridge - St Pancreas?

If i book online i have to book a specific train i think. So do i get the 6pm, 7pm, 8pm??
 






SIMMO SAYS

Well-known member
Jul 31, 2012
11,750
Incommunicado
Simple question-how do my band of six get from BRIGHTON station to CHARLTON? We will worry about getting back depending on the score! :thumbsup: Palace was a doddle but havent been to Charlton for a few years :drink:
 


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