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
Location99 Midvale Road, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 07046
Coordinates40°53′09″N 74°26′01″W / 40.8859°N 74.4336°W / 40.8859; -74.4336
Owned byNJ Transit
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
Station code31 (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western)[1]
Fare zone14[2]
History
OpenedNovember 10, 1912[3]
Passengers
201717 (average weekday)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Denville
toward Hackettstown
 Montclair-Boonton Line
limited service
 Boonton
toward New York or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Denville
toward Dover
 Boonton Branch Boonton
toward Hoboken
Mountain Lakes station
The station depot from Midvale Road in September 2014.
Mountain Lakes station is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Mountain Lakes station
Mountain Lakes station is located in New Jersey
Mountain Lakes station
Mountain Lakes station is located in the United States
Mountain Lakes station
Part ofMountain Lakes Historic District (ID05000963[6])
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 2005

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 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.

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.

Ground/
Platform level		 Outbound/Inbound ←      Montclair-Boonton Line PM rush hours toward Hackettstown (Denville)
     Montclair-Boonton Line AM rush hours toward Hoboken or New York (Boonton) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Ticket machine and parking

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Montclair-Boonton Line Timetables" (PDF) (May 23, 2010 ed.). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. 2010. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Mountain Lakes Station Will Open Tomorrow". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 9, 1912. p. 18. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "How Many Riders Use NJ Transit's Hoboken Train Station?". Hoboken Patch. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Mountain Lakes Gets New Station". Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Massachusetts: Christian Science Monitor. May 16, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  8. ↑ "1. Mountain Lakes Railroad Station & Esplanade". Mountain Lakes, New Jersey: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. 2010. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  9. ↑ New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office (April 1, 2010). "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2010.

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