[6] There is an out-of-station interchange with New Cross station, also on the Windrush line of the London Overground, around 620 m (680 yd) away to the west.

The first, the London and Croydon Railway (L&CR), established a station on New Cross Road close to Hatcham in 1839.

On 1 October 1847 the newly formed LB&SCR closed the existing New Cross station, replacing it with another at Cold Blow Lane 0.25 miles to the north, in an attempt to secure passengers from the planned North Kent Line of the SER.

[11] This move was not a success and was subject to much local criticism, so on 1 May 1849 the LB&SCR rebuilt and re-opened New Cross on the original site.

Further rebuilding was undertaken in 1869 when the East London Railway opened a line to Whitechapel and Liverpool Street.

Passenger services were operated by the LB&SCR between Croydon and Liverpool Street, and from 1884 by the District Railway between New Cross (Gate) and Shoreditch.

[16] After 1849 the principal freight-handling facility in the area was moved to Willow Walk on the Bricklayers Arms site, but the sidings continued to be used for the storage of carriages.

[17] Cross-London freight services were operated to the yard by the Great Eastern Railway, which maintained its own goods depot on the site from the 1870s.

The L&CR opened a motive power depot and a locomotive repair facility here in 1839, the former of which appears to have been particularly accident prone.

TfL has proposed future London Underground services at this station as part of the Bakerloo line Extension.

[24] New Cross Gate is on the Windrush line of the London Overground, with services operated using Class 378 EMUs.

The layout is:[27] Thameslink trains and other Southern services regularly pass through and occasionally stop at the station.