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Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) [4] is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main Lines to Dover via Ashford and Hastings via Tunbridge Wells .
Charing Cross (/ ˈ tʃ ær ɪ ŋ / CHARR-ing) [1] is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet.Since the early 19th century, Charing Cross has been the notional "centre of London" and became the point from which distances from London are measured.
Charing Cross (sometimes informally abbreviated as Charing +, Charing X, CHX or CH+) is a London Underground station at Charing Cross in the City of Westminster. The station is served by the Bakerloo and Northern lines and provides an interchange with Charing Cross mainline station .
The Embankment Pier is a departure point for the Thames River Sightseeing cruise, which operates between Westminster Pier and Greenwich Pier.. Boat services go east (downriver) to Tower Bridge Quay for exploring the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and St Katharine Docks before continuing to Greenwich Pier and then returning.
During Peak hours, there are some limited Charing Cross Branch trains that also run to or from Morden. During Night Tube operations, all Charing Cross Branch trains run to Morden, while the Bank and Battersea Branches lack night tube services. London Bus routes 133, 155, 333 and 415 with night routes N133 and N155 serve the station. [48]
Camden Town tube station is near the markets and other attractions. Chalk Farm and Mornington Crescent tube stations are also within walking distance. This station is a key interchange station for the Northern line, both northbound (towards Edgware or High Barnet/Mill Hill East) and southbound (via Bank or Charing Cross). [20]
On 4 August 1974, the station was once again renamed Charing Cross Embankment. [8] Then, on 12 September 1976, it became Embankment, [8] so that the merged Strand and Trafalgar Square stations could be named Charing Cross. [17]
Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles Circus (the intersection with Oxford Street), which then merges into Tottenham Court Road. It leads from the north in the direction of Charing Cross at the south side of Trafalgar Square. It connects via St Martin's Place and the ...