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The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The name refers to both the physical line and ...
The West Lake Corridor project, to be called the Monon Corridor upon opening, [2] [3] is an under-construction commuter rail line in Lake County, Indiana.New South Shore Line services are planned to connect the towns of Munster and Dyer in Indiana with Hammond, Indiana, and Chicago in Illinois.
There are active proposals to build a new station in South Bend, Indiana, for the South Shore Line commuter rail service to replace the existing South Bend Airport station. The existing South Bend Airport station, built in 1992 on the east side of the airport, is a terminus for the train service. The route that carries the South Shore Line to ...
The railroad experienced further bankruptcies in 1933 and 1938. The post-World War II decline in traffic hurt the company, and it was bought by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1967. [28] In 1977, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) began subsidizing the passenger operations on the South Shore Line.
Miller is a train station in Gary, Indiana, serving the South Shore Line commuter rail system. It serves the community of Miller Beach and is one of three South Shore Line stations within the municipal boundaries of Gary.
East Chicago is a train station at 5615 Indianapolis Boulevard in East Chicago, Indiana. [2] It serves the South Shore Line commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana . History
Indiana Department of Transportation: 2008 Indiana Railroad Map Association of American Railroads: Railroads in Indiana Richard S. Simons and Francis Haywood Parker, Railroads of Indiana, Indiana University Press , 1997, ISBN 0-253-33351-2
A train at the station in 1981. The Chicago, South Shore and South Bend was one of the last interurban railroads to operate profitably in the United States. Aggressive management, led by financier Samuel Insull, reconceptualized the South Shore as the linchpin of a public transportation network operating throughout the industrialized Indiana Dunes region of Indiana.