When BR was divided into sectors in the 1980s the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

The station had a very small one storey signal box at the Dartford end of the up platform which closed in November 1970.

[3][4] The station is located in Steynton Avenue near a small parade of shops in a largely residential area.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5] Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street via either Lewisham, or via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich, and to London Blackfriars call at the station during the peak hours.

London Buses route B14 serves the station from Longmead Drive towards both Bexleyheath and Orpington.