The goods yard had only two tracks with no direct connection to the adjacent waterworks, brickworks and gravel pit.

In the following year a new building appeared in its place, together with palisade fencing alongside the rear of both platforms.

[3] On 17 February 1959, an electric multiple unit was in a rear-end collision with another on the nearby Crayford Spur due to a signalman's error.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4] Additional services, including trains to and from London Cannon Street either via Lewisham or via Woolwich Arsenal and Greenwich, and to London Blackfriars, call at the station during peak hours.

Crayford station is served by London Buses route 492 to Bluewater via Dartford and to Sidcup via Bexleyheath.