Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Chicago and Western Indiana commuter service lasted until 1963. [5] [6] The tracks are in use by Metra's SouthWest Service, but trains do not stop here. [7] The platforms and canopies still exist, although the station building has been demolished. [8] [9] Four other railroad stations were located on 63rd Street:
Marktown is an urban planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, [2] built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company. [3] The Marktown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
East Chicago, Indiana: Service area: East Chicago city limits, parts of Griffith and Hammond. [1] Service type: bus service, paratransit: Routes: 3: Fleet: 7 buses (5 Gillig, 2 Ford) [1] Annual ridership: 270,654 (-3.89%) Fuel type: Diesel and gas [1] Operator: City of East Chicago government: Chief executive: Francisco Rosado Jr., Director [1 ...
South Bend is a train station in South Bend, Indiana. It is served by Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited between Chicago, Boston and New York City, and Floridian between Chicago and Miami. The station was built by the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad in 1970; South Shore Line trains continued to use it until 1992.
Like many East Chicago neighborhoods (including Roxana and Marktown), the residential part of Calumet is surrounded by industrial land: [1] the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal to the west, the Chicago Avenue industrial corridor to the north, a Citgo tank farm to the east, and the DuPont site and USS Lead site to the south.
In May 2009, V-Line introduced a shuttle service between Dune Park South Shore Line station and the Village Station later in the evening to supplement ChicaGo Dash and provide additional commuting options. [4] It was scheduled to remain in place for the remainder of 2009. As of February 1, 2010, the shuttle service has been canceled.
Once the service improvements instituted by Iowa Pacific took hold, including the addition of full-service dining, onboard Wi-Fi, business-class service, and a dome car, ridership began increasing and was up 5.8% in July 2016 over the previous July, with FY 2016 (October 2015–July 2016) revenues up 32.8% from the prior year.
The system was established in 1976 as replacement for the discontinued bus service provided by Chicago & Calumet District Transit Co. The service was a division of the Hammond city government. [2] As of January 1, 2010, the system is operated by the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority.