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{{Infobox London station
| name = Charing Cross
| alt_name = London Charing Cross
| symbol = rail
| manager = Network Rail
| locale = [[Charing Cross]]
| borough = [[City of Westminster]]
| platforms = 6
| fare_zone = 1
| coordinates = {{coord|51.508|-0.125|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| railcode = CHX
| railstation = Yes
| access = Yes
| toilets = Yes
| map_type = Central London
| image_name = File:Charing Cross.jpg
| caption = A [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern train]] stops at London Charing Cross station.
| years1 = 1864
| events1 = London Charing Cross station opened.
}}

'''Charing Cross station''',<ref name=network_rail>{{ cite web | url =http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/765.aspx | title=Stations run by Network Rail | publisher =[[Network Rail]] | access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref> is a central [[London]] [[railway station|rail terminus]] in the [[City of Westminster]] . The rail station is one of 18 stations managed by [[Network Rail]], and trains serving it are operated by [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]]. It is the fifth busiest rail terminal in London.

The station takes its name from the central London road junction of [[Charing Cross]]. The front of the rail station faces [[Strand, London|The Strand]]. The other end is the northern end of [[Hungerford Bridge]], which is crossed by all trains serving the station. Ticket barriers control access to all platforms, although the bridge entrance has no barriers. 

The original station building was built on the site of [[Hungerford Market]] and opened on 11 January 1864. The station has a single span [[wrought iron]] roof arching over the six platforms on its relatively cramped site. A year later the Charing Cross Hotel opened on 15 May 1865, and gave the station an ornate front in the [[France|French]] [[Renaissance]] style. At the same time, a replica of the [[Eleanor Cross]] was erected in the station forecourt, based on the original 13th century [[Whitehall]] Cross that had been demolished in 1647. Distances in London are officially measured from the original site of the cross in Whitehall, now the statue of Charles I, and not from this replica cross.

==Gallery==
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File:Charing Cross railway stn concourse.JPG|Charing Cross concourse
File:Charing Cross stn platform 4 look northbound.JPG|Platform 4, Charing Cross
File:Charing Cross Station 02.jpg|The Cross in the station forecourt
File:2005-07-10 - United Kingdom - England - London - Charing Cross - Eleanor cross.jpg|Victorian replica of the [[Eleanor Cross]] at Charing Cross
</gallery>

==Related pages==
*[[Charing Cross tube station]]

== References ==
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==Other websites==
*{{Commonscat-inline|Charing Cross railway station}}

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