South Shore Line

The South Shore Line (reporting mark NICD) is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The name refers to both the physical line and the service operated over that route. The line was built in 1901–1908 by predecessors of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, which continues to operate freight service. Passenger operation was assumed by the NICTD in 1989. The South Shore Line is one of the last surviving interurban trains in the United States. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 1,406,400, or about 5,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.

South Shore Line
A street running South Shore Line train passes a church in Michigan City, Indiana
Overview
LocaleChicago, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana
Termini
Stations19
Websitemysouthshoreline.com
Service
TypeCommuter rail, Interurban
Services1
Operator(s)Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Daily ridership5,300 (weekdays, Q3 2023)
Ridership1,406,400 (2022)
History
Opened1903
Technical
Line length90 miles (140 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 1,500 V DC
Route map
South Shore Line highlighted in red
0.0
Millennium Station
0.8 mi
1.3 km
Van Buren Street
1.4 mi
2.3 km
Museum Campus/11th Street
IC West Line
to Addison
2.7 mi
4.3 km
McCormick Place
7.0 mi
11.3 km
57th Street
7.9 mi
12.7 km
63rd Street
Kensington/115th Street
Metra trains only
Red to Howard (planned)
130th (planned)
I-94
Bishop Ford Freeway
19.0 mi
30.6 km
Hegewisch
Hammond Gateway
maintenance and
storage facility
South Hammond
Munster Ridge Road
Munster/Dyer Main Street
20.9 mi
33.6 km
Hammond
23.4 mi
37.7 km
East Chicago
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Grand Calumet River Branch
28.0 mi
45.1 km
Gary/Chicago Airport
Ambridge
30.9 mi
49.7 km
Gary Metro Center
34.7 mi
55.8 km
Miller
38.9 mi
62.6 km
Portage/Ogden Dunes
Portage Burns Waterway
Bus substitution until 2024
Bailly
Dune Acres
46.0 mi
74 km
Dune Park
Tremont
Kemil Road
50.4 mi
81.1 km
Beverly Shores
Willard Avenue
55.8 mi
89.8 km
11th Street
57.5 mi
92.5 km
Carroll Avenue
Carroll Avenue
Yard and Shops
LaLumiere
Rolling Prairie
74.6 mi
120.1 km
Hudson Lake
CSB&NI
to Michigan City
New Carlisle
CSB&NI Ry
to South Bend
90.1 mi
145 km
South Bend Airport
South Bend
South Bend
South Bend Terminal Yard
Key
South Shore Line
West Lake Corridor
Metra Electric District
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