Silver Lake station

Silver Lake station is a ground-level light rail stop managed by New Jersey Transit located in Belleville, New Jersey. This station is the sole stop within Belleville on the Newark Light Rail line running between Grove Street and Newark Penn Station. It consists of two offset low-level platforms: the platform serving trains toward Newark can be reached from Franklin Street (County Route 607) and nearby Heckel Street, while the platform for Grove Street-bound trains is accessible via Belmont Avenue.

Inaugurated on June 22, 2002, Silver Lake station was established as part of the Newark City Subway’s extension stretching from Branch Brook Park station to Grove Street in Bloomfield. The station operates along former tracks of the discontinued Erie Railroad Orange Branch, which once connected Forest Hill in Newark to West Orange until operations ceased on June 20, 1955. Historically, Silver Lake featured a complete wooden station house that included a railroad tower.