The station is the western terminus of the New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line.

The former Central Railroad of New Jersey station house, constructed in 1913, is currently used for storage and there is a covered waiting area under the building canopy.

Despite causing a boom to a local iron works, the railroad did not establish a station in the area until 1856.

The railroad construction caused the iron works in the area, run by Lewis Taylor, to gain new business.

With the 1856 expansion of the Taylor-Wharton Iron Works, the village in the area expanded, with a railroad station opened at the location.

With the train on top, it would depress the track and make it rise as the equipment crossed the structure.

Sidney Dillon, a local contractor, brought one of the first steam shovels in the region to the area to finish the job.