Mountain Lakes station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mountain Lakes
The Mountain Lakes station facing the Denville-bound direction. The 1912-built depot (now a restaurant) is visible in the distance.
Location	99 Midvale Road, Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
Coordinates	40°53′09″N 74°26′01″W / 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)
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	November 10, 1912
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	17 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Denville toward Hackettstown Montclair-Boonton Line 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)
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

Mountain Lakes is a NJ Transit station in Mountain Lakes, Morris County, New Jersey, United States, along the Montclair-Boonton Line. The first station heading eastbound not concurrent with the Morristown Line, Mountain Lakes station serves a one track main line with one low-level platform on the southbound side of the track. Mountain Lakes station is located on Midvale Road, located off of Interstate 287. The stone station building built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad is currently a restaurant called The Station at Mountain Lakes.

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 May 1912, ground was broken on a brand new station in Mountain Lakes to replace the old Fox Hill station, continuing until November, when the station was opened. The station is currently on the Morris County Inventory of Historic Sites. Mountain Lakes Train station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 2005 as part of the Mountain Lakes Historic District. The New Jersey State Historical Preservation Office added the district two months before, on July 22, 2005.

Station layout

Mountain Lakes has one low-level platform.