Michigan City station
Michigan City, IN | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 100 Washington Street Michigan City, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°43′16″N 86°54′20″W / 41.72111°N 86.90556°WCoordinates: 41°43′16″N 86°54′20″W / 41.72111°N 86.90556°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Michigan Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Michigan City Transit (Route 1, northbound only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | MCI | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 26, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 3,699[2] 3.53% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michigan City is a train station in Michigan City, Indiana served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The Wolverine line stops here three times a day, once on its way to Chicago and twice on the way to Pontiac. The current station is a platform shelter near the former prairie-style Michigan Central Railroad depot dating from 1915, which is now a local restaurant.[3][4] It is fairly close to the city's administrative office and the Lake Michigan shoreline. Parking is available east of the station.
Service began at Michigan City on April 26, 1981.[5]: 203 The electric interurban South Shore Line, which operates between South Bend and Chicago, stops at 11th Street station roughly a mile to the south.
Bus connections[]
- Michigan City Transit – Route 1
See also[]
- 11th Street (NICTD)
- Carroll Avenue (NICTD)
References[]
- ^ "Indiana May Lose Last Passenger Train Service". The Logansport Pharos-Tribune. April 2, 1981. p. 7. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ Pete, Joseph S. (July 19, 2020). "NWI Business Ins and Outs: Domino's coming to Hobart, American Sale closes after 50 years in Lansing, sushi place comes to Winfield, and Troost closes". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Great American Stations. Accessed April 4, 2013.
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
External links[]
- Media related to Michigan City station at Wikimedia Commons
- Michigan City, IN – Amtrak
- "Michigan City Amtrak Station". TrainWeb.org.
- Michigan City (MCI)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
Categories:
- Amtrak stations in Indiana
- Michigan City, Indiana
- Railway stations in LaPorte County, Indiana
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1981
- Michigan Line
- Former New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad stations
- Former New York Central Railroad stations
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- Indiana building and structure stubs
- Indiana transportation stubs