The station opened in 1857 serving the North Kent and Mid Kent lines. In 1999 the Docklands Light Railway was extended from Island Gardens to Lewisham.
Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=pc&addr1=&client=public&addr2=&advanced=&addr3=&pc=SE137SA&cidr_client=none) of Lewisham station, from multimap.com