STATION-ON-THAMES Hungerford Bridge plan. Predates Charing Cross.BALY 1855 map'Elevation and Section of Proposed South Western Railway Station on Thames, on Site of present Charing Cross Bridge' At the time of the publication of the map, various proposals to provide a railway terminus into the West End of London for lines running south were being considered by extending existing rail lines north over Hungerford Bridge. This plan shows a proposal for a "Station on Thames" spanning Hungerford Bridge. Charing Cross station,