The Middletown station, seen trackside in 1971Middletown's Erie Railroad Station was the main stop along the Erie Railroad mainline. Located on Depot Street in the city of Middletown, the station was first opened in 1843 with construction of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, which had originally terminated at Goshen.

The station was located along the New York Division, which stretched from Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey to the Sparrowbush station just north of Port Jervis.

The building was opened in 1896 to replace one that had been in use since 1843 when the New York and Erie began service to the city. The Romanesque Revival building was designed by George E. Archer, Chief Architect of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad, later the Erie Railroad.

The station saw service for trains going from Chicago to Erie station in Jersey City, and later, to Hoboken, New Jersey. It also saw regular commuter service.

The building served as a railroad station until 1983, when rail service was taken over by MTA's Metro-North Railroad. Service on the route of Erie's original Main Line was discontinued in favor of the Graham Line, an Erie-built freight line now used by Norfolk Southern and the Port Jervis Line and was replaced by the Middletown Metro-North station.

The station depot was renovated and restored, becoming the Thrall Library in 1995.

Celebrating Erie Day in 1943. [images source]A circus train arrives in Middletown in 1906.[images source]Roosevelt arrives in Middletown via train, 1898. [image source]Middletown station, circa 1900. From the collection of the Historical Society of MiddletownThe station is now the Thrall Library, serving the community since 1993.Sign located just outside the library entrance.