Top quark physics at ATLAS and CMS

The LHC will be a top quark factory, producing large numbers of top quarks even at the initial low luminosities. This will allow the detailed investigation of its production and decay properties, providing both stringent tests of the Standard Model and opportunities for new physics searches. Recent studies from ATLAS and CMS will be presented, with an emphasis on initial measurements of top quark pair and single top production cross-sections, and the use of top quarks in detector commissioning and calibration. The potential for the study of top quark properties will also be discussed.