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The original doors, sash windows, skirting, tiling, and banisters are present inside. The original corniced ceiling of the main hall is currently concealed by a lowered fake ceiling. Platform 3 has kept its original canopy with its elaborate cast iron brackets which depict cherries. Some of the original chamfered wood and cast iron supports of the original canopy survive on Platform 2.
The station has similarities with other listed stations built at around the same time such as the listed [[Ladywell railway station]], [[Blackheath railway station]] and [[Gravesend railway station]] which has the same elaborate cast iron supporting brackets as can be found at Lewisham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2874/9465026135_21b0fd7110_h.jpg |title=Picture |publisher=c1.staticflickr.com |access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
Platforms 5 and 6 are served by [[Docklands Light Railway]] trains to [[Bank–Monument station|Bank]] and [[Stratford railway station|Stratford]]. The Docklands Light Railway station opened in 1999 following a southward extension from [[Island Gardens DLR station|Island Gardens]]. The original canopy over
The original canopy over the main entrance was demolished in 2009 at a cost of £790k<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/projects/nsip%20-%20project%20completion%20reports/southeastern%20railway/lewisham%20-%20november%202010.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614021402/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/projects/nsip%20-%20project%20completion%20reports/southeastern%20railway/lewisham%20-%20november%202010.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and replaced with a steel version.
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