Until the 1960s, the station served passengers heading to Binghamton and other cities, en route to Chicago or Buffalo. The "Erie Limited" and the "Lake Cities" served passengers heading toward Chicago. The station received eastbound passengers from the "Atlantic Express." In final years of long-distance service, after the Erie's merger with the Lackawanna Railroad, unnamed trains ran to Binghamton, where passengers could switch to the "Phoebe Snow" after a layover. The discontinuing of the "Phoebe Snow" (1966) and the "Atlantic Express" (1965) marked the end of long-distance passenger service through Ridgewood.