[2] It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at the junction of its Main Line and its Schuylkill Branch.

[3] A lit sign informed inbound passengers which platform the next train to Center City, Philadelphia would depart from.

Only a few trains in each direction stopped at this station, mostly serving reverse commuters heading out to jobs in the Main Line suburbs in the morning and returning home to the city in the evening.

Through merger and bankruptcy, the station and the trains serving it passed from the PRR to the Penn Central to Conrail (the later under contract to SEPTA).

[5] Proposals have been made to reopen the station, either in conjunction with projects such as the Schuylkill Valley Metro, or as part of community revitalization efforts.