CHARGING STATION FOR A VEHICLE-MOUNTED ENERGY STORE

The invention relates to a charging station (1) for charging an energy store (2) of an electrically driven vehicle (3), in particular an electric bus, via an at least two-pole charging interface to the vehicle (3). Here, the vehicle (3) has a vehicle-mounted contact element (4) for each charging post. The charging station (1) comprises a contact head (5), which has a station-mounted contact element (6) for each charging post, and an actuating device (7) for adjusting the contact head (5) by a stroke height (H) between an upper inoperative position and a lower charging position. If the actuating device (7) has an actuating rod (8) and an actuating drive which is coupled to said actuating rod, wherein the actuating rod (8) has a lower end (12), to which the contact head (5) is connected, and an upper end (13), and wherein the actuating rod (8) is formed between the lower end (12) and the upper end (13) without articulations and has a length (L) which is greater than the stroke height (H), the complexity and manufacturing costs of a charging station (1) can be reduced.