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Public Transport Serving Charlton


BUS ROUTES: 161 - 177 - 180 - 380 - 486 - N1 - N472 - SL11
RAIL SERVICES: South Eastern - Thameslink

BUS ROUTES

ROUTE 161: Stagecoach London

North Greenwich Station, West Parkside, Millennium Village West Parkside, Southern Way, Greenwich Peninsula Sainsbury's, Peartree Way, Woolwich Road, Charlton Station Woolwich Road, Woolwich Road, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Ferry, (Woolwich Calderwood Street (towards Chislehurst)/Woolwich Beresford Street, Woolwich High Street (towards North Greenwich)), Woolwich Arsenal Station, Greenwich Town Hall, (Woolwich New Road (towards Chislehurst)/Grand Depot Road (towards North Greenwich)), Ha Ha Road, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Baker Road, Shooters Hill Road, Shooters Hill Police Station, Well Hall Road, Well Hall Roundabout, Well Hall Road, Eltham Station, Well Hall Road, Eltham Church, Court Road, Mottingham Station, Mottingham Road, White Horse Hill, Red Hill, The Willows Clinic, Chislehurst Library, Chislehurst High Street, Chislehurst War Memorial.

Daily


ROUTE 177: Stagecoach London

Thamesmead Town Centre Thamesmere Drive, Central Way, Crossway, Thamesmead Boiler House, Harrow Manor Way, Thamesmead Library, Eynsham Drive, Abbey Wood Library, Eynsham Road, St Paul's Academy, Eynsham Drive, Basildon Road, Plumstead High Street, Plumstead Station, Plumstead Road, Woolwich Public Market, (Woolwich Beresford Street, Woolwich High Street (towards Peckham)/Woolwich Thomas Street, Woolwich Arsenal Station (towards Thamesmead)), Woolwich Ferry, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Road, Charlton Station Woolwich Road, Woolwich Road, East Greenwich Library, Woolwich Road, East Greenwich Vanbrugh Hill, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Town Centre, Greenwich High Road, West Greenwich Library, Greenwich Station, Greenwich High Road, Deptford Bridge DLR Station, Deptford Broadway, Addey & Stanhope School, New Cross Road, New Cross Station, (Goldsmiths College (towards Peckham)), New Cross Library, New Cross Gate Station, New Cross Gate Bus Garage, Queens Road Peckham Station, Peckham Bus Station.

Daily


ROUTE 180: Stagecoach London

PLEASE NOTE: Revised route from 14th May 2022.

North Greenwich Station, West Parkside, Millennium Village West Parkside, Southern Way, Greenwich Peninsula Sainsbury's, Bugsby's Way, Charlton Station Woolwich Road, Woolwich Road, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Ferry, (Woolwich Thomas Street, Woolwich Arsenal Station (towards Erith)/Woolwich Beresford Street, Woolwich High Street (towards North Greenwich)), Woolwich Public Market, Plumstead Road,Plumstead Station, Plumstead High Street, Basildon Road, McLeod Road, Abbey Wood Station, Harrow Manor Way, South Thamesmead Yarnton Way, Yarnton Way, Bexley Business Academy, Yarnton Way, Thamesmead East Yarnton Way, Lower Belvedere Anderson Way, Mulberry Way, Church Manorway, Church Road, West Street, (Erith Hugh Street (towards Erith)), Erith Bexley Road, (Erith High Street (towads North Greenwich)), Erith Station, Erith Fraser Road/Birch Road.

Daily


ROUTE 380: Stagecoach London

Belmarsh Prison, Thamesmead West Battery Road, Battery Road, Hill View Drive, Ware Point Drive, Whinchat Road, Heronsgate Medical Centre, Broadwater Goosander Way, Broadwater Road, Plumstead Bus Garage, (Plumstead Station (towards Lewisham)), Plumstead Road, Woolwich Public Market, Woolwich Arsenal Station, Wellington Street, Artillery Place, Frances Street, Woolwich Dockyard Station, Prospect Vale, Woodland Terrace, Thorntree Road, Charlton The Village, Charlton Church Lane, (Priolo Road (towards Lewisham)/Wellington Gardens (towards Belmarsh)), Victoria Way, Eastcombe Avenue, Blackheath Royal Standard, Vanburgh Park, Blackheath High School, Prince Charles Road, (Blackheath Tranquil Vale (towards Lewisham)/Blackheath Royal Parade (towards Belmarsh)), Tranquil Vale, Hare & Billet Road, Wat Tyler Road, Lewisham Hill, (Lewisham Station Station Road, Lewisham Molesworth Street/Lewisham Centre (towards Lewisham)/Lewisham High Street Lewisham Centre, Lewisham Police Station, Lewisham Station Lewisham Road (towards Belmarsh)).

Daily


ROUTE 472: Stagecoach London

From 24th January 2026, route 472 has been withdrawn. New limited stop route SL11 will replace the daytime service on route 472 and new route N472 replaces the night service on route 472. Route SL11 does not serve every bus stop en route, particularly between Charlton and Plumstead and in Thamesmead. Route 180 provides an alternative stopping route between North Greenwich and Plumstead, route 161 provides an alternative stopping route between North Greenwich and Woolwich (via a different route between Greenwich Peninsular and Charlton and route 177 provides an alternative stopping route between Charlton and Plumstead. In Thamesmead, routes 177, 229 and 401 provide an alternative stopping route via Crossway to the east of Thamesmead and routes 177 and 229 provide an alternative stopping route between Thamesmead and Abbey Wood.


ROUTE 486: London Central

North Greenwich Station, West Parkside, Millennium Village West Parkside, Southern Way, Greenwich Peninsula Sainsbury's, Bugsby's Way, Charlton Station, Charlton Church Lane, Charlton The Village, Little Heath, Hillreach, Repository Road, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Baker Road, Shooters Hill Road, Shooters Hill Police Station, Shooters Hill, Bellgrove Road, Welling Library, Welling Corner, Welling High Street, Crook Log Broadway, Bexleyheath ASDA, Bexleyheath Market Place.

24 hour bus service


NIGHT BUS N1: London Central

Tottenham Court Road Station, (Bloomsbury Square (towards Thamesmead/High Holborn (towards Tottenham Court Road)), Holborn Station, Aldwych, Waterloo Bridge, Waterloo Station, St George's Circus, Elephant & Castle London Road, Elephant & Castle Station New Kent Road, New Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms, Tower Bridge Road, Grange Road, Harris Academy Bermondsey, Southwark Park Road, Blue Anchor Library, Southwark Park Road, Galleywall Road, South Bermondsey Rotherhithe New Road, Rotherhithe New Road, Surrey Quays Station, Evelyn Street, Deptford Church Street, Creek Road, Cutty Sark DLR Station, Greenwich Town Centre, Greenwich National Maritime Museum, Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich Vanbrugh Hill, Woolwich Road, East Greenwich Library, Woolwich Road, Charlton Station Woolwich Road, Woolwich Road, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Ferry, (Woolwich Thomas Street, Woolwich Arsenal Station (towards Thamesmead)/Woolwich Beresford Street, Woolwich High Street (towards Tottenham Court Road)), Woolwich Public Market, Plumstead Road, Plumstead Station, Plumstead High Street, Basildon Road, McLeod Road, Abbey Wood Station, Harrow Manor Way, Thamesmead Library, Harrow Manor Way, Thamesmead Boiler House, Crossway, Central Way, Thamesmead Town Centre Thamesmere Drive, Woolwich Polytechnic School, Bentham Way, Thamesmead Boiler House.

Nightly


ROUTE N472: Go-Ahead London (London Central)

PLEASE NOTE: New number For night service on former route 472. Daytime service is now part of route SL11.

North Greenwich Station, West Parkside, Millennium Village West Parkside, Southern Way, Greenwich Peninsula Sainsbury's, Bugsby's Way, Charlton Station Woolwich Road, Woolwich Road, Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich Ferry, (Woolwich Thomas Street, Woolwich Arsenal Station (towards Abbey Wood)/Woolwich Burrage Street, Woolwich High Street (towards North Greenwich)), Woolwich Public Market, Plumstead Road, Plumstead Bus Garage, (Plumstead Station (towards North Greenwich)), Western Way, Belmarsh Prison, Western Way, Thamesmead Town Centre Central Way, Crossway, Thamesmead Boiler House, Carlisle Road, Harrow Manor Way, Abbey Wood Station, Abbey Wood Gayton Road.

Nightly

From 24th January 2026, new night route N472 replaces the night service on withdrawn route 472. New limited stop route SL11 replaces the daytime service on route 472.


ROUTE SL11: Go-Ahead London (London Central)

PLEASE NOTE: NEW ROUTE replacing route 472 from 24th January 2026.

North Greenwich Station, Millennium Village Oval Square, Millennium Leisure Park East Stop, Bugsby's Way Peninsular Park Road, (Charlton Station Woolwich Road (towards Abbey Wood)/Charlton Station Anchor & Hope Lane (towards North Greenwich)), Woolwich Station, Plumstead Bus Garage, Belmarsh Prison, Central Way Grasshaven Way, Thamesmead Central Way/Watersmeet Place, Central Way Linton Primary School, (Crossway Eastgate Close (towards Abbey Wood)/Crossway Manordene Road (towards North Greenwich)), Carlyle Road Crossway, Abbey Wood Station Harrow Manorway, Abbey Wood Gayton Road.

Daily. Buses only stop at the points shown above.

From 24th January 2026, new limited stop route SL11 will replace the daytime service on route 472. Route SL11 does not serve every bus stop particularly between Charlton and Plumstead and in Thamesmead.Route 180 provides an alternative stopping route between North Greenwich and Plumstead, route 161 provides an alternative stopping route between North Greenwich and Woolwich (via a different route between Greenwich Peninsular and Charlton and route 177 provides an alternative stopping route between Charlton and Plumstead. In Thamesmead, routes 177, 229 and 401 provide an alternative stopping route via Crossway to the east of Thamesmead and routes 177 and 229 provide an alternative stopping route between Thamesmead and Abbey Wood.


RAIL SERVICES

SOUTH EASTERN

CANNON STREET TO DARTFORD LINE:

Cannon Street, London Bridge, Deptford, Greenwich, Maze Hill, Westcombe Park, Charlton, Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich Arsenal, Plumstead, Abbey Wood, Belvedere, Erith, Slade Green, Dartford.

CANNON STREET TO SLADE GREEN AND CANNON STREET (CIRCULAR SERVICE):

Cannon Street, London Bridge, Deptford, Greenwich, Maze Hill, Westcombe Park, Charlton, Woolwich Dockyard, Woolwich Arsenal, Plumstead, Abbey Wood, Belvedere, Erith, Slade Green, Crayford, Bexley, Albany Park, Sidcup, New Eltham, Mottingham, Lee, Hither Green, Lewisham, St Johns, New Cross, London Bridge, Cannon Street.

CHARING CROSS TO GILLINGHAM LINE:

Charing Cross, Waterloo East, London Bridge, Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich Arsenal, Abbey Wood, Greenhithe, Gravesend. Trains then continue to Gravesend via Stroud, Rochester and Chatham.


THAMESLINK

LUTON TO RAINHAM (KENT) LINE:

Trains start at Luton serving Luton Airport Parkway and St Albans City. Then St Albans, Radlett, Radlett, Elstree & Borehamwood, Mill Hill Broadway, Brent Cross West, West Hampstead, St Pancras International, Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars, London Bridge, Deptford, Greenwich, Maze Hill, Westcombe Park, Charlton, Woolwich Arsenal, Plumstead, Abbey Wood, Slade Green, Dartford, Stone Crossing, Dartford. Trains then continue to Rainham (Kent) via Gravesend, Rochester and Chatham.


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