Charing Cross Station

One of the best stations in London to get to various places out of London such as areas in Kent with regular trains approx every 30 mins or so. Station has some shops such as WH Smiths and some food outlets to grab a quick bite.

A high mark purely because my experience has been so smooth!
Charing Cross railway station is also known as London Charing Cross, informally abbreviated as Charing X, is a central London railway terminus in the City of Westminster, England. It is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail and all regular trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. It is the fifth busiest rail terminal in London. The office and shopping complex above the station is formally known as Embankment Place.
The station takes its name from its location next to the central London road junction of Charing Cross. The front of the station faces the Strand, while at the other end is the northern end of Hungerford Bridge, which is crossed by all trains serving the station.
Charing Cross is the London terminus of the South Eastern Main Line. All regular services are operated by Southeastern which provides the majority of commuter/​regional services to South East London and Kent.

As far as stations go, this one’s a doozy. It’s huge, it’s indoors and it has a good variety of shops in case you finished your book on the train or forgot to eat anything and need a burger… not that I’ve ever resorted to emergency Burger King before of course…
Loads of barriers so getting through isn’t an issue, riiiight next to the Strand with all the shops and Trafalgar Square, and by extension Soho, and links to basically anywhere in the South East.
It’s always clean, the staff are usually really helpful and the little coffee carts win me over rain, snow or shine. Can’t fault it.

A station with a grand setting which delivers you into central London. You can always find a taxi outside. Trains depart here to many parts of south london/​England.
Trains are regular, depending on where you want to go, platforms are all stair free. If you want to transfer onto the tube then it is stairs/​escalator.
The station drops you out a short stroll to covent garden and many of the theatres of covent garden and Shaftesbury avenue.
There is limited shops/​retail units but there is a bit of variety amongst them.

Charing Cross Railway Station ist in der Nähe von Trafalgar Square an der Themse. An jedem Ende des Bahnhofs ist eine U-​Bahn-​Station: zum Strand hin Charing Cross mit Northern und Bakerloo Line und zur Themse hin Embankment mit ebendenselben Linien und zusätzlich auch Circle und District Line. Alle ein– und ausfahrenden Züge überqueren die Themse über die Hungerford Bridge. Die Züge fahren von hier zum Beispiel nach Dartford, Dover, Hastings und Ramsgate. Die Bahnhofshalle wurde 1991 mit dem Embankment Place, einem modernen Büro– und Geschäftskomplex, überbaut. Vom Fluß aus wirkt das imposante Gebäude am besten.