Mountain Lakes is a commuter railroad station in the borough of Mountain Lakes, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Serviced by New Jersey Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line, the station is the first/last station after the Morristown Line merges/diverges at Denville station. The station consists of one low-level side platform, servicing a solo track. A station depot, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, is located in the parking lot, currently serving as a restaurant known as "The Station at Mountain Lakes".

Mountain Lakes
The Mountain Lakes station facing the Denville-bound direction. The 1912-built depot (now a restaurant) is visible in the distance.
General information
Location	99 Midvale Road, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 07046
Coordinates	40.8859°N 74.4336°W / 40.8859; -74.4336
Owned by	NJ Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	31 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone	14[2]
History
Opened	November 10, 1912[3]
Passengers
2017	17 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Denville toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line limited service Boonton toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Denville toward Dover Boonton Branch Boonton toward Hoboken
Mountain Lakes station
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The station depot from Midvale Road in September 2014.
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Part of	Mountain Lakes Historic District (ID05000963[6])
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

Mountain Lakes station opened on November 10, 1912, replacing the former Fox Hill station located east of U.S. Route 46 in Denville, which had been on the freight-only Boonton Branch since 1870.

History

Mountain Lakes station was first served by Delaware, Lackawanna and Western trains in 1869, when the freight-only Boonton Branch was constructed via Paterson to bypass the passenger Morris & Essex Railroad.^{[citation needed]}

In 1912, the DL&W built a new station to replace the old Fox Hill station, breaking ground in May and opening in November.[7]

This building is on the Morris County Inventory of Historic Sites.[8] It is also part of the Mountain Lakes Historic District, which was created by the New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office on July 22, 2005,[9] and added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 2005.

Station layout

Mountain Lakes has one low-level platform.

See also

• Mountain Lakes Historic District

References

External links

Media related to Mountain Lakes (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• The Station At Mountain Lakes (Zagat.com)