Mountain Lakes station

Mountain Lakes is a commuter railroad station in the borough of Mountain Lakes, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The station is on New Jersey Transit's Montclair-Boonton Line, the last before the line merges with the Morristown Line at Denville station to the west. The station has one low-level side platform, serving a solo track.

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.
Part of	Mountain Lakes Historic District (ID05000963[6])
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005
Location

History

Railroad service came to the area in 1869, when the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad built the freight-only Boonton Branch via Paterson to bypass the passenger Morris & Essex Railroad.^{[citation needed]} Passenger service was first provided at Fox Hill station, east of U.S. Route 46 in Denville.

In 1912, the DL&W built the Mountain Lakes depot to replace the old Fox Hill station, breaking ground in May and opening on November 10.^[7]

At some point, a new Mountain Lakes station was built.

The 1912 depot stands in the parking lot, where it serves as a restaurant, "The Station at Mountain Lakes". The 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

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.
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. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. 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.

External links

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

• The Station At Mountain Lakes (Zagat.com)