The station is located along the Montclair-Boonton Line, a former alignment of the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (NYGL), run by the Erie Railroad.

The line ran from the Erie's Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City to Sterling Forest station on the New Jersey / New York state line.

[8] The current railroad depot, a one-story brick structure, was built by the Erie in 1915.

The Greenwood Lake Line was cut back to Wanaque–Midvale station in 1935 and then cut entirely in 1966, but service on this portion of the line was transferred to the newly created Boonton Line, a mix of the New York and Greenwood Lake and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Boonton Branch.

Bus service is provided by New Jersey Transit with four lines meeting at Little Falls station by the No.