Regular passenger service in that area ceased in the late 40's. From Lakewood, once upon a time, one could get a train to Port Monmouth, Red Bank, Jersey City, Barnegat, Lakehurst, Atlantic City, Bridgeton and Bayside. The line was the New Jersey Southern Branch of the CRR of NJ.
While out of the limelight now, NJ Transit was heavily involved in a study called the MOM Project (Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex). For the project, three different alternative routes were study to bring passenger rail service back to central Monmouth County and surrounding area. The routes as follows:
Route 1: Originate in Lakehurst up to Farmingdale, then proceed geographic west toward Monmouth Junction and join the NEC and terminate in Newark (combination of the CRR of NJ NJ Southern and PRR Jamesburg Branch)
Route 2: Originate in Lakehurst up to Farmingdale, then proceed geographic west until you hit Freehold,then head geographic north and join the NJCL at Matawan and terminate in Newark (combination of the CRR of NJ NJ Southern, PRR Jamesburg Branch, and CRR of NJ Freehold Branch)
Route 3: Originate in Lakehurst and proceed through Farmingdale and then join the NJCL at Red Bank, then terminate in Newark (All NJ Southern)
All the information you want can be found on the thread entitled "Expansion Projects (Look Here First)"
