Valparaiso station

Valparaiso, IN
Valparaiso, IN
	The old station building, November 1977
Location	453 West Lincolnway; Valparaiso, Indiana
Coordinates	41°28′01.6″N 87°03′59.8″W / 41.467111°N 87.066611°WCoordinates: 41°28′01.6″N 87°03′59.8″W / 41.467111°N 87.066611°W
Line(s)	Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Platforms	side platform
History
Opened	April 25, 1976 (Amtrak)
Closed	May 3, 1991 (Amtrak)
Rebuilt	c. 1980s
Former services
	Gary (until 1979) toward Chicago
	Gary (until 1985) toward Chicago

Valparaiso station was a train station in Valparaiso, Indiana. Initially served by the Pennsylvania Railroad, it was the outbound terminus of the Amtrak Calumet until that service's discontinuance in 1991.^[2]

Amtrak began service here on April 25, 1976, as a stop of the Capitol Limited.^[3] The original station building was destroyed in a fire and replaced with a small shelter.^[1]

One of the final Calumet runs at Valparaiso station, May 1991

References[]

^ ^a ^b Longest, David E. (2007). Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9780738541310.
^ ^a ^b "Amtrak Ends Calumet Service". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. May 4, 1991. p. 2. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "First Train–And It's 40 Minutes Late". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Valparaiso, Indiana. April 26, 1976. p. 11. Retrieved October 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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[Longest-1] Longest, David E. (2007). Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9780738541310.

[calumetends-2] "Amtrak Ends Calumet Service". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. May 4, 1991. p. 2. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[Valpo1976-3] "First Train–And It's 40 Minutes Late". Vidette-Messenger of Porter County. Valparaiso, Indiana. April 26, 1976. p. 11. Retrieved October 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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