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The South Shore Line (
Route
Departing
From Hudson Lake, the South Shore continues straight west to
The line is
Service
The public Monday-Friday timetable shows 22 eastbound trains operating; 20 of those originate at Millennium Station, and two at Carroll Avenue station. Of the eastbound trains, five terminate at Adam Benjamin Metro Center in Gary, ten at Carroll Avenue station in Michigan City, and seven at South Bend Airport.
There are 21 westbound departures, with 19 trains terminating at Millennium Station, and two at Carroll Avenue. Seven trains originate at South Bend Airport, and the rest originate at Carroll Avenue, Dune Park, or Gary Metro Center.[3]
History
Private operation
The South Shore Line was constructed between 1901 and 1908 by the
The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend entered bankruptcy in 1925 and was bought by
The power system was changed from 6600 volts
The Chicago South Shore and South Bend turned a profit during
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway acquired the CSS&SB on January 3, 1967 and continued the operation of passenger services.[9] The Chicago South Shore and South Bend was one of six railroads with long-distance passenger services to decline joining Amtrak in 1971 and in 1976, they asked the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to abandon passenger service. The ICC gave the state of Indiana a chance to reply and subsequently, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) was formed in 1977 to subsidize service.
Public operation
In the late 1980s, the Chicago South Shore and South Bend went bankrupt and on December 29, 1989, passenger service was assumed by NICTD.
The railroad began a 3-year project in 2009 to replace all
The
In 2015 NICTD began an express service between South Bend and Chicago. Targeted at business travelers, the train makes just two intermediate stops: Dune Park and East Chicago. The total scheduled travel time is 1 hour 55 minutes, more than thirty minutes faster than existing services.[17]
In July 2020 during the
Rolling stock
Current
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The South Shore Line operates with a fleet of 82 rail cars built between 1982 and 2009 by Nippon Sharyo. The fleet consists of 58 single-level self-propelled cars, 10 single-level unpowered trailers, and 14 bilevel self-propelled cars.[25] The single level fleet's design shares commonalities with MARC's locomotive-hauled MARC II fleet, which were also built by Nippon Sharyo.[26] An additional 26 cars are planned to be acquired, replacing those to be transferred to West Lake Corridor services.[27]
Numbers | Model | Built | Builder |
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1–48 | Single-level electric multiple unit | 1982–83, 1992 | Nippon Sharyo |
201–210 | Trailer | 1992 | |
101–110 | Single-level electric multiple unit | 2001 | |
301–314 | Highliner II
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2009 |
Retired
Pullman and the Standard Steel Car Company delivered electric multiple units to the CSS&SB between 1926 and 1929. Many were lengthened in the 1940s and 1950s.[28]
Numbers | Model | Built | Builder | Notes |
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1–11 | 62-seat coach | 1908 | Niles | Two cars scrapped prior to 1923; the remainder scrapped in 1929[29] |
12–15 | Built as trailers. Rebuilt in 1915 with motors. Baggage compartments added in 1925. Scrapped in summer of 1929.[29] | |||
60–61 | 48-seat suburban car | Kuhlman | 60 wrecked prior to 1918. 61 scrapped in 1927[29] | |
62–63 | 1903 | Brill | Originally Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway cars 1 and 2[29] | |
64 | 1918 | Kuhlman | Built as a replacement for car 60[29] | |
70–71 | 54-seat coach | 1908 | Niles | 71 rebuilt as CSS&SB 401 in 1927. 70 used as a yard office and scrapped in 1935.[29] |
72–74 | 46-seat combine | Rebuilt with larger baggage compartments. 72 rebuilt to line car 1101 in 1927. 73 Rebuilt to work motor 1126 in 1927. 74 used as trainmen's room at South Bend and scrapped in 1941.[29] | ||
75–77 | 54-seat coach | Scrapped in summer of 1929[29] | ||
101–110 | 52-seat coach | Kuhlman | Two cars rebuilt into CSS&SB 222 and 224 in 1927. The remainder were scrapped in 1929.[29] | |
111–112 | 60-seat open vestibule car | TBD | TBD | Purchased in 1917. Formerly AT&SF cars.[29] |
113–114 | 56-seat open vestibule car | TBD | TBD | |
1–10 | 56-seat coach smoker | 1926 | Pullman | |
11–15 | 80-seat coach | Lengthened in 1942–46 | ||
16–25 | 1927 | Lengthened in 1945–47 | ||
26–29 | 1929 | Standard Steel | Lengthened in 1948 | |
30–37; 39 | 48-seat coach smoker | |||
38 | 56-seat coach | |||
40 | 48-seat coach smoker | 1938 | Rebuilt from trailer no. 213 | |
100–109 | 64–68 seat coach–baggage | 1926 | Pullman | Lengthened in 1943–44 and modernized in 1949–50 |
110–111 | 64-seat coach–baggage | 1951 | Standard Steel | Rebuilt from coaches nos. 10 and 29 |
201–206 | 80-seat coach trailer | 1927 | Pullman | Lengthened in 1946–48 |
207–210 | 50-seat coach smoker trailer | |||
211–212 | 1929 | |||
351–352 | 16-seat parlor–observation–buffet trailer | 1927 | Originally 20 fixed chairs; rebuilt with 16 rotating chairs in 1929; rebuilt as coaches in 1942 | |
353–354 | 56-seat coach trailer | 1938–39 | Standard Steel | Rebuilt from parlors built in 1929 |
Fare policies
The South Shore Line uses a zone-based fare system, with prices based on the distance traveled and stations' proximity to Millennium Station. There are a total of eleven zones (1–11). Tickets may be purchased at stations, online, and through the South Shore mobile app. Ticket options include one-way, 10-ride, 25-ride, and monthly passes. One-way tickets may also be purchased on trains, but will incur a $1.00 penalty fee if a ticket agent was present at the departure station. Children aged 13 years and under, seniors aged 65 and over, passengers with disabilities, students, active-duty military personnel, and those holding RTA Reduced Fare Permits are eligible for reduced fares. NICTD accepts cash aboard trains, cash and checks at ticket offices, and credit cards online and at Millennium Station's ticket office. Most stations have ticket machines which only accept credit cards.[30] For travel to Hegewisch station (zone 3), fares are set by Metra.[31]
Expansions and realignments under construction
Michigan City realignment
Since 2005, there has been an ongoing debate pertaining to plans to relocate trackage off the streets of Michigan City.[32] In July 2009, NICTD announced its intention to relocate the Michigan City track south of its current location in order to smooth out the curves, cut down the number of grade crossings, increase speed and reduce maintenance costs.[33] The plan also calls for the replacement of both current stations with a single new station located a block west of the current 11th Street boarding location (between Franklin and Washington streets) with a modern, high-level platform and parking lot. The plan would require a demolition of residential and retail buildings currently located on the south side of 11th Street.[34]
The relocation effort faced a setback in March 2010 when NICTD announced that it was short necessary funds to complete the preliminary engineering study. Unless the funding was found, the relocation would have been postponed indefinitely since, without the engineering study, NICTD would not be able to get state and federal funds necessary to complete the relocation.[35] NICTD and the city continued to work on obtaining the funds needed.[36] In 2011 NICTD accepted bids for a $1 million study, expected to take 18 months.[37] The study was completed in October 2013. The preferred alternative identified by the study preserved an alignment similar to the current route but relocated the tracks alongside the street. It proposed replacing the two existing stations with a new station near the center of Michigan City.[38] The realignment was completed as a part of the double track project from Gary to Michigan City.[39]
Street running ended on February 27, 2022, and buses replaced trains within this section prior to the opening of the new alignment.
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NICTD planned to apply for federal funding for a preliminary engineering study and environmental survey of a Hammond-to-Lowell leg in 2009. As of 2008[update], that leg had a projected price tag of $551 million.[44] As of 2019[update], the cost has increased to $665 million. NICTD was awarded funding in the spring of 2020 and the line broke ground in October 2020.[45] The project is estimated to open to revenue service in 2025.[46]
The new line will run through Munster to
Proposed expansions and realignments
Valparaiso branch
At a legislative hearing in October 2008, NICTD officials said they would drop further study of a Munster-to-Valparaiso route, and begin study of a Gary–Valparaiso route. At the hearing, NICTD officials said the projected cost of $673 million for the Munster-to-Valparaiso route as well as low projected ridership would have made it ineligible for federal funding and opted to study the Gary-to-Valparaiso route instead.[49] The Gary-to-Valparaiso route would utilize the partially abandoned former Pennsylvania Railroad line. NICTD officials contend the shorter length of a Gary-to-Valparaiso run and the chance to use existing tracks there may make it a lower-cost alternative to the Munster-to-Valparaiso route.
Extension to Elkhart
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was some discussion about the possibility of extending the line from South Bend east to Elkhart County, Indiana.[50][51] In 1988, Elkhart, Indiana Mayor James Perron pushed for the government to look into making long-term plans for an extension into his city.[52]
Proposed new stations
There are proposals to replace the South Bend terminus with a new station.
There is a proposal to reestablish a station in New Carlisle.[53]
Station listing
The line operates over the tracks of the
South Shore Line trains make the following station stops:[54]
State | Fare zone |
Location | Station | Mile (km)[55]
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Avg. weekday ridership (2019)[55] |
Connections and notes |
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IL | 1 | Chicago | Millennium Station | 0.0 (0) | 4,227 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 4, X4, 6, 19, 20, 26, 60, N66, 124, 143, 147, 148, 151, 157 Chicago "L": Red (at Lake), Green Brown Orange Pink Purple (at Washington/Wabash) Pace Bus: 855 Plainfield–East Loop Express VALPOtransit: ChicaGo Dash |
Van Buren Street | 0.8 (1.3) | 977 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 1, 3, 4, X4, 6, 7, J14, 26, 28, 126, 130, 147, 148, 151 | |||
Museum Campus/11th Street | 1.4 (2.3) | 166 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 1, 3, 4, X4, 12, 130, 146 | |||
McCormick Place (weekend ) | 2.7 (4.3) | 0 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 3 King Drive, 21 Cermak | |||
53rd Street | 6.5 (10.5) | South Shore service withdrawn October 16, 1966, replaced by 57th Street | ||||
2 | 57th Street | 7.0 (11.3) | 271 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 15 Jeffery Local, 28 Stony Island, 55 Garfield, 171 U of Chicago/Hyde Park | ||
63rd Street | 7.9 (12.7) | 3 | Metra: ■ Metra Electric CTA Bus: 63 63rd | |||
Kensington/115th Street | 14.5 (23.3) | South Shore service withdrawn February 15, 2012 | ||||
3 | Hegewisch | 19.0 (30.6) | 862 | CTA Bus: 30 South Chicago Pace: 358 Torrence, 364 159th Street | ||
IN | 4 | Hammond | Hammond | 20.9 (33.6) | 1,345 | |
East Chicago | East Chicago | 23.4 (37.7) | 1,493 | East Chicago Transit: E1 Griffith Plaza, E2 Crosstown, E3 West Calumet GPTC: R1 Lakeshore Connection | ||
5 | Gary | Gary/Chicago Airport | 28.0 (45.1) | 80 | GPTC: R1 Lakeshore Connection | |
Ambridge
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29.2 (47.0) | Closed July 5, 1994 | ||||
Gary Metro Center | 30.9 (49.7) | 426 | GPTC: R1, R3, BMX, L1, L2, L3, L5 | |||
Miller | 34.7 (55.8) | 339 | GPTC: L2 Oak/County Line Rd | |||
6 | Ogden Dunes | Portage/Ogden Dunes | 38.9 (62.6) | 237 | ||
Dune Acres | Dune Acres | 44.7 (71.9) | Closed 1994 | |||
Porter | Dune Park | 46.0 (74.0) | 474 | V-Line: Orange Line | ||
Porter County | Tremont | 47.0 (75.6) | Closed June 2, 1986, replaced with Dune Park | |||
7 | Kemil Road | Closed July 5, 1994 | ||||
Beverly Shores | Beverly Shores | 50.4 (81.1) | 47 | |||
8 | Michigan City | Willard Avenue | Closed July 5, 1994 | |||
11th Street | 55.8 (89.8) | 102 | ||||
Carroll Avenue | 57.5 (92.5) | 172 | Michigan City Transit: 3 | |||
9 | Smith | LaLumiere | Closed July 5, 1994 | |||
10 | Rolling Prairie | Rolling Prairie | ||||
Hudson Lake | Hudson Lake | 74.6 (120.1) | 1 | |||
New Carlisle | New Carlisle | 76.3 (122.8) | Closed July 5, 1994 | |||
11 | South Bend | South Bend Airport | 90.1 (145.0) | 227 | Transpo: 4 Lincolnway/Airport Greyhound Lines Coach USA | |
South Bend
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Current Amtrak station, South Shore service withdrawn November 21, 1992 | |||||
South Bend
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Closed 1970, located in downtown South Bend |
See also
- Proposed new South Shore Line station in South Bend
Notes
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "South Shore Line schedule" (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (NICTD)". southshore.railfan.net.
- ^ Ogorek 2012, p. 9
- ^ Middleton 1998, pp. 6–7
- ^ Middleton 1998, p. 8
- ^ Economic Adjustment Study: Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Corridor, Final Report; Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District,; March 1980; pg 1
- ^ "South Shore Line Switch Approved". Chicago Tribune. December 23, 1966. p. 2 Section 10.
- ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. December 31, 2010. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Wieland, Phil (November 21, 1992). "New train terminal could have folks heading east, young". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ Dodson, Paul (June 17, 1994). "South Shore Railroad Will Close 7 Flagstops". South Bend Tribune. p. B2.
There was a train station on the Chain Lakes, near Lydick Indiana. The South Shore had discontinued the stop in 1936 and was later destroyed by fire. The station was located near the Chain-O-Lakes Conservation Club. During that time, in the mid-1930s the Northern Indiana Railroad, and the interurban railroad in the United States.
- ^ "NICTD Board Meeting Minutes July 31, 2009" (PDF). Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
- ^ "Major grade separation underway in Chicago, Illinois Gov. Quinn says". Progressive Railroading. August 24, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ "GS15a 130th & Torrence & Norfolk Southern Grade Separation" (PDF). CREATE. July 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ Lach, Jeanette (August 25, 2012). "Bridge weighing 2,350 tons put in place for South Shore". The Times. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ Allen, Kevin (February 3, 2015). "Chicago express a major step for South Shore". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Commuter Rail's Mask-Optional 'Dumb Ass Car' Emblematic of U.S.'s COVID-19 Response". www.vice.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ ""It's foolish": Experts say South Shore's Mask Optional Car could cause super-spreader event". Streetsblog Chicago. October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Idiocy or genius? The South Shore Line tries quarantining anti-maskers in a separate car". Streetsblog Chicago. September 23, 2020.
- ^ "Digest: South Shore ends 'mask optional' cars | Trains Magazine". TrainsMag.com.
- ^ "Mask Announcement Update – 7/27/2020". www.mysouthshoreline.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) for NICTD". Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "History | Railway Systems | Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation | Transportation System History List". Toshiba. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "2013 Indiana Public Transit Annual Report" (PDF). Indiana Department of Transportation. August 2014. p. 111. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Nippon Sharyo USA Product History". Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ Andrew Steele, Andrew Steele (December 2, 2018). "NICTD to begin search for rail car manufacturer". The Times Of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Randall, W. David (1974). Railway Passenger Car Annual, Volume I, 1973–1974. Park Forest, IL: RPC Publications. pp. 74–75.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j CERA 1960.
- ^ "Purchase Tickets". South Shore Line. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "SSL Board Approves Fare Increase Effective July 1, 2018". South Shore Line. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Maddux, Stan (February 14, 2008). "Michigan City weighs South Shore track route". Post-Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "South Shore re-route map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ^ Wink, Laurie (June 9, 2009). "More South Shore details released". The News Dispatch. LaPorte County, Indiana. Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
- ^ Ebaugh, Alicia (March 25, 2010). "Funding dire for South Shore study". The News Dispatch. LaPorte County, Indiana. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ Field, Matt (August 17, 2010). "City prepares to study South Shore routes". The News Dispatch. LaPorte County, Indiana. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
- ^ Field, Matt (January 28, 2011). "Bids sought for NICTD study". The News Dispatch. LaPorte County, Indiana. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Michigan City/NICTD Rail Realignment Study" (PDF).
- ^ Steele, Andrew (February 11, 2020). "South Shore's Double Track project advances in federal grant process". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Double-track construction set to end South Shore street running".
- ^ "South Shore Street Running Ends This Weekend". February 24, 2022.
- ^ "South Shore Line Schedule Revision/Service Announcement Oct. 25, 2023". October 13, 2023.
- ^ Kate, Annie (March 25, 2024). "South Shore Line busing to end April 9, double track opens". ABC57. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ Benman, Keith (December 17, 2008). "Study: Valpo-to-Munster SS line would add few riders". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ Zorn, Tim (October 28, 2020). "South Shore West Lake expansion project breaks ground; 4-year construction cost estimated at $945M". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Carden, Dan. "West Lake commuter rail line construction could begin in October". NWI Times. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ Simón, Marisol R.; Noland, Michael; Federal Transit Administration; USDoT; US Army Corps of Engineers (December 2, 2016). West Lake Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Chapter 2: Alternatives Considered) (PDF) (Report). NICTD. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". West Lake Corridor. 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ Benman, Keith (December 17, 2008). "Study: Valpo route no good". The Times of Northwest Indiana. p. A1. Retrieved December 21, 2018 – via https://www.newspapers.com/.
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- ^ "Tie that binds". Newspapers.com. The South Bend Tribune. July 5, 1992. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Editorial positions set agenda for 1997". Newspapers.com. The South Bend Tribune. January 26, 1997. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Kurowski, Jeff (December 12, 1988). "Perron pushers for extension of South Shore Line". Newspapers.com. The South Bend Tribune. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Spalding, Mary Beth (July 24, 2020). "Options open for New Carlisle site as county clears old trailers". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Economic Adjustment Study: Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad Corridor, Final Report; Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District; March 1980; Appendix A
- ^ a b "2020 State of the System" (PDF). Metra. November 2020. p. SSL-4.
References
- CERA (1960). Electric Railways of Indiana. Chicago, IL: Central Electric Railfans' Association. p. I-20.
- OCLC 104029.
- ISBN 978-0-253-33533-3.
- Middleton, William D. (1998). "Insull's Super-Interurban". In Cohen, Ronald D.; McShane, Stephen G. (eds.). Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad. OCLC 38862554.
- Ogorek, Cynthia L. (2012). Along the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Rail Line. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: ISBN 978-0-738-59419-4.
- SouthShore.Railfan.net. "Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (NICTD)". southshore.railfan.net.
- Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "South Shore Line – The commuter railroad linking Chicago and South Bend, Ind". Trains.