 At that time, the Wallkill Valley line was connected to the Erie Railroad's Montgomery–Goshen branch to the south; an inaugural train containing about 350 passengers ran to Goshen, making stops at each station along the way, before heading back to New Paltz.The station's telegraph was used to "receive ... election returns" throughout the 1870s.On March 3, 1880, four men robbed the station's safe.