Originally part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch, the current Kingsland station was built in 1918.

This was constructed due to the lack of freight along its passenger lines and stretched from the Denville station to Hoboken Terminal via Boonton and Paterson.

[6] When the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western expanded the Kingsland Shops in 1903,[7] a new station depot was constructed of brick along with a cut and cover tunnel.

[8] In 1917, the railroad was brought before the New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners due to an accident on November 28, 1916, at Kingsland station.

At that time, the station had no inter-track fencing to prevent crossing of both Boonton Branch tracks, and because of this, people could board trains from either platform.

[10] Due to the high cost of removing the main line with no back-up service, it was unable to progress forward, and as a result, the Erie built some new stations to replace old wooden ones in 1952.

This was turned over to the Department of Transportation on October 27, 1963, after a connection was constructed at Mountain View to the Erie's former New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad.

[8] However, despite the changes, the Erie–Lackawanna continued to lose strength and in 1975, agreed to become part of the Consolidated Rail Corporation, dubbed Conrail, effective April 1, 1976.

The town of Lyndhurst requested that NJT lease the building to the municipality so that it might be renovated and brought into use as a way to revitalize the immediate vicinity.

[17] On August 14, 2024, NJ Transit held public hearings on the proposed closure, which would take effect in May 2025, following the opening of the rebuilt Lyndhurst station.

[18] NJ Transit proposed the closure since Kingsland's parking lot could not be expanded, its station infrastructure had deteriorated, and it is not ADA-accessible.

The proposed closure was criticized for requiring an additional 0.8 miles (1.3 km) walk for pedestrians and for the loss of the bus connection to the 76 route.

The over-track train station house is located on a bridge over the Main Line on Route 17 (Ridge Road) crossing over the tracks.