Mountain Lakes

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.