Caldwell station opened with the construction of the Caldwell Branch of the
New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad (a subsidiary of the
Erie Railroad system). The original proposed service through Caldwell was the Caldwell Railroad, a company founded in March 1869 for the construction of a railroad between
Montclair and
Caldwell. Construction began in 1872 of the railroad. However, work on this route was suspended in 1872 due to the inability to complete a tunnel through Montclair and nearby
Verona. About of the tunnel was left uncompleted. The railroad was built in 1891, with the route via
Great Notch station in
Little Falls. Service on the railroad began on July 4, 1891. This new depot was measured at . The old station, built in 1891, was moved across the tracks, serving as a freight house. The Erie Railroad decided to take the old station at Caldwell, serving as a freight depot, to become the new passenger depot at Verona. In February 1905, the snow-covered ground served as an opportunity to move the depot. With 12 horses, the old freight depot was moved up Bloomfield Avenue on rafters to Depot Street and Personette Street. This depot burned down in the winter of 1962. In 1902, the Monomonock Inn, a local hotel and resort, opened on the east side of Prospect Street, between Bloomfield Avenue and Academy Road. This helped influence the growth of Caldwell, to the extent that by 1916, the inn itself had its own station on the Caldwell Branch.) The borough razed the depot on August 6, 1965. Service at Caldwell station ended on September 30, 1966, when multiple branch lines of the Erie Lackawanna were discontinued. == References ==