[3][4] In 1899 the SER handed over its operations to a new organisation co-owned with the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (LCDR), which traded as the South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SECR); the line and station continued to be owned and maintained by the SER.

The 09.41 electric passenger train from Gravesend Central to Charing Cross ran past the Up Home signal at danger and collided head-on with a nine-coach empty steam passenger stock train which was being shunted slowly from the Up Sidings across the Up line towards the Down line.

The passenger train was approaching the station at about 40 mph when the motorman (driver), who had failed to observe the home signal, saw the obstruction ahead and applied the brakes.

In April 2002 the station was the scene of a fight between Charlton Athletic and Southampton football hooligans that became known as The Battle of Maze Hill.

The station lies at the eastern end of a tunnel underneath the grounds of the National Maritime Museum – itself only a 5- to 10-minute walk away through the park.