Direct trains from the station run to Victoria, London Bridge, East Croydon, Shepherd's Bush, and Watford Junction.

The train was carrying two companies of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 150 men in all, returning from the rifle range at Eastbourne along with other civilian passengers.

[6] As the train entered the curved track leading into the station complex, it derailed, causing the carriages to catapult over the locomotive and its boiler to explode with such force that the driver and fireman were thrown into a nearby field.

The Times (London) noted in its 4 July 1863 edition that "Had it been Sydney Smith's famous bishop who had been maimed in this sad accident, greater interest could hardly have been excited in the minds of the public.

Queen Victoria sent a telegram of condolence to the Grenadier Guards, and the Prince of Wales regularly sent messengers to the hospitals caring for the wounded, enquiring about their condition.

[7] An inquest began in June 1863 at the Pied Bull public house on Streatham High Road, which concluded on 1 July 1863.

The jury would urge the directors of the London and Brighton company the necessity of allowing more time for the performance of the journey, and that careful attention should be given to the coupling of the trains."

[10] It is now an attractive Edwardian vernacular arts and crafts style with prominent gables, clay tiles and long canopies.

Records in National Archives show bomb damage to nearby houses in Estreham, Natal, and Conyers Roads.