The station of Laveno Mombello Nord is located on the shores of Lake Maggiore, a stone’s throw from the town centre and the pier for ferries to Intra. The passenger building, which features the typical architecture of a terminus station, similar to that at the stations of Varese Nord and Como Lago, overlooks a large square lying perpendicular to the banks of Lake Maggiore. It was opened in 1886 as the terminus of the Como - Varese - Laveno railway and the direct railway to Milan. At that time, Laveno was a small lake town of no more than 1,500 inhabitants, whose homes clustered around the parish church. It benefitted, however, from a strategic location, which rapidly made it an increasingly important destination for both tourism and trade.

Originally the tracks continued as far as the pier, in front of which was a turntable for shunting locomotives and a hydraulic hoist for lifting goods to be transported via the lake.

The Decauville railway of the Società Ceramica Italiana once passed over the road overpass, whose ramp begins next to the goods warehouse and goes over the track yard. The Società Ceramica Italiana represented one of the lake town’s most thriving businesses, and the train connected its “Lago” facility with that of “Molini Boesio”.