The Lehigh Valley Railroad opened its original line between Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania in 1855; the first passenger train ran between the two cities on June 11.

[3] The railroad abandoned its remaining passenger trains on February 4, 1961, after years of financial losses and declining patronage.

[5] The abandoned station was demolished in 1972 to permit the construction of an enlarged road bridge over Jordan Creek.

Conrail, which took over the Lehigh Valley Railroad's lines in 1976, began operating commuter trains from Allentown to Philadelphia.

Trains stopped at a platform at Third and Union Streets in Allentown, approximately a block south of where the Lehigh Valley's station had stood.