South Bend station

South Bend, IN
Location 2702 West Washington Avenue
South Bend, IN 46628
Coordinates 41°40′42″N 86°17′15″W / 41.6782°N 86.2874°W / 41.6782; -86.2874Coordinates: 41°40′42″N 86°17′15″W / 41.6782°N 86.2874°W / 41.6782; -86.2874
Owned by Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Line(s)
  Capitol Limited
  Lake Shore Limited
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections TRANSPO
Construction
Parking Yes; free
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code SOB
History
Opened 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 21,818[1] Increase 2.01%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Terminus
Capitol Limited
Lake Shore Limited
Former services
Preceding station   NICTD   Following station
South Shore LineTerminus
Amtrak
toward Chicago
Pennsylvanian
1998-2003
toward New York
Terminus
Lake Shore
1971-1972

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 Capitol Limited between Chicago and Washington D.C.. 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.

History

Until 1970 South Shore Line interurbans served downtown South Bend at LaSalle and Michigan. The city had long wanted to eliminate street running, while the South Shore was looking to reduce costs as passenger traffic declined. The South Shore embarked on a program to consolidate its operations in South Bend. This included constructing the current station building at Meade and Washington and selling the old downtown station, which had opened in 1921. When Amtrak took over intercity rail service in 1971, it used this station instead of the larger Union Station.[2][3][4] The South Shore Line moved its terminus to a new terminal at the South Bend Regional Airport in November 1992.[5]

Connections

TRANSPO

  • Route 2

Notes

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Interurban Moves into New Station". The South Bend News-Times. August 3, 1921. p. 4. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "South Shore Line Starts New Station". The News-Palladium. March 28, 1970. p. 15. Retrieved October 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Ogorek 2012, p. 62
  5. ↑ Ogorek 2012, p. 93

References

  • Ogorek, Cynthia L. (2012). Along the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Rail Line. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-738-59419-4.


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