 The station served as the third station on the Montclair Branch, which was first electrified by technology created by Thomas Alva Edison in 1930.The overhead catenary wires were installed, making the line the first electrically run line on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western alignment.The station remained in service for the Lackawanna Railroad for three more decades, when the railroad merged with the Erie Railroad on October 17, 1960.