It is 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) from Charing Cross,[3] which took the branch over in 1859, three years after its completion.

It was closed on 1 January 1900 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which opened a new station of the same name on an adjacent site that day.

It has a single island platform with a one-storey ticket office dating from just before the turn of the 20th century.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is 2 semi-fast tph to London Bridge.

[8] Up until September 2022 there were additional off-peak services to London Bridge via Norbury and Tulse Hill.