Located at the Doty Road grade crossing in Wanaque, trains operated on the Erie Railroad's New York and Greenwood Lake Railway between Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City and Wanaque–Midvale station.

[4] Rail service in Haskell began on January 1, 1873 with the introduction of the Montclair Railway between Pavonia Terminal and Monks station in West Milford.

With the establishment of a workers community for the DuPont smokeless powder plant in Wanaque, rail service began operating a stop known as Haskell c. 1909.

At the time of the ending of service through Haskell, the station operated with six trains on the mixed alignment of the Greenwood Lake–Boonton Line of the Erie Lackawanna Railway.

For trains bound for Wanaque–Midvale station, four stopped at Haskell: 4:34 p.m., 5:54 p.m., 6:37 p.m. and 7:19 p.m. A substitute bus arrived at 7:48 p.m.[5] The beginning of railroad service in the Wanaque River valley began on January 1, 1873 with the opening of the Montclair Railway, a line between Jersey City's Pavonia Terminal and the Monks section of West Milford.

[6] However, what led to the construction of a station at Doty Road was the establishment of the American Smokeless Powder Works in 1894, which bought a local electric plant in Wanaque.

Led by Charles Dabbs, the manager of the DuPont plant at Haskell, their demands felt that the station, consisting of a three-sided shelter shed with no agent for freight or passenger service.

At the end of the April 11, 1913 hearing, the Public Utilities Commissioners requested that the railroad come up with a plan for an enclosed station with heating for the winter months.

The Commissioners would send it to the Haskell residents and their counsel on June 13 with the note that if they did not object, the matter would be considered closed and approved.

[16] However, the Public Utilities Commission postponed the October 11 hearing on the request of Grover Cleveland James, the Erie's chief legal counsel.

[21] In July, Evangelista, now Mayor of Wanaque, made a formal recommendation for opposition against the Erie's newest attempt to eliminate the depots at Haskell.

[22] The major fight in the Haskell depot debate came in September 1951 when the Public Utilities Commission would start holding hearings again on the subject.

On September 23, Wanaque Borough Council announced that they would have Donato attend a new hearing on October 17 to continue their efforts in stopping the railroad.

Evangelista backed up his previous arguments about the new homes and factories in the area and the inconvenience it would bring to passengers while Councilman James Gaul felt that the borough would lose the fight.

[23] On October 3, the Passaic County Board of Freeholders passed a resolution that formalized their dissent about the discontinuation of the freight house at Haskell.

Hortense Kessler, in charge of the hearings, asked that the railroad and the municipality both provide the Public Utilities Commissioners their figures for station ridership and adjourned the meeting until October 25.

Donato also explained their proposed conditions, noting that a drainage ditch would need to be moved from the railroad crossing at Doty Road; re-grading the parking lot and beautifying the station.

Swope stated that the proposal would result in changing the water alignment and open the railroad to liability issues, along with the high expense for such a move.

Wanaque Borough Council passed a resolution to design a plan for eliminating the drainage issue that would be forwarded to the Erie at a later date.

[27] A local resident asked if the Erie could eliminate a 4-foot (1.2 m) dip on Storms Avenue that the tracks were causing for cars, including shattering window issues.

Martin Munson, a Wanaque resident and Erie Lackawanna engineer, operated the final train, marking the closure of service in Haskell.