East of the station the Dartford line goes through a tunnel underneath the grounds of the National Maritime Museum, towards Maze Hill.

On the National Rail network, Greenwich is 3 miles 47 chains (5.8 km) measured from London Bridge.

A massive brick viaduct with 878 arches was built to a station in Spa Road (Bermondsey), and later to London Bridge.

This facility was removed (possibly in preparation from the forthcoming electrification) and the empty space between the two platforms remained until the arrival of the Docklands Light Railway at the station in 1999.

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) was extended to Lewisham via Greenwich on 20 November 1999, the new platforms lying immediately to the south of the main-line station, occupying the space originally used by the up main line platform, which was itself relocated into the space left 75 years earlier by the removal of the through lines.

At the eastern end, the DLR heads underground through a tunnel through Cutty Sark and under the River Thames.