Michigan City station

This article is about the train station. For the power plant, see Michigan City Generating Station. For the South Shore Line station in Michigan City, see 11th Street station (Indiana).
Michigan City, IN
The Wolverine at Michigan City station in March 1983
General information
Location100 Washington Street
Michigan City, Indiana
United States
Coordinates41°43′16″N 86°54′20″W / 41.72111°N 86.90556°W / 41.72111; -86.90556
Line(s)Amtrak Michigan Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: MCI
History
OpenedApril 26, 1981 (1981-04-26)[1]
ClosedApril 4, 2022
Passengers
FY 20230[2] (Amtrak)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Hammond–Whiting
toward Chicago
 Wolverine New Buffalo
toward Pontiac
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Porter
toward Chicago
 Michigan Central Railroad
Main Line
 Grand Beach
toward Buffalo
Preceding station Nickel Plate Road Following station
Terminus Michigan City – Indianapolis
(before 1933)
 La Porte
toward Indianapolis
Location
Map

Michigan City station was a train station in Michigan City, Indiana served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was served by two eastbound and one westbound Wolverine train at the time of closure; other Wolverine and Blue Water trains did not stop. The station had a platform shelter near the former prairie-style Michigan Central Railroad depot dating from 1915, which is now a local restaurant.[3][4] That earlier station served Michigan Central Railroad, and later, New York Central passenger trains. Major NYC named trains passing through the station included the Canadian (east to Detroit and Toronto), the Chicago Mercury (east to Detroit) and the Wolverine (east to New York via Detroit and southwestern Canada, in contrast to the modern train).[5]

Service began at the new Amtrak station on April 26, 1981.[6]: 203  The station closed effective April 4, 2022.[7] No official reason was given for the closure, and passengers were advised to instead use the New Buffalo station 10 miles (16 km) east.[8] The electric interurban South Shore Line, which operates between South Bend and Chicago, stops at 11th Street station roughly a mile to the south.

  1. ^ "Indiana May Lose Last Passenger Train Service". The Logansport Pharos-Tribune. April 2, 1981. p. 7. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Great American Stations Archived 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed April 4, 2013.
  5. ^ June 1951 New York Central timetable, Tables 7, 15, 26 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC51-6TT.pdf
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference sanders was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Michigan City, IN, Station Closing". Amtrak. March 2022. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Maddux, Stan (March 29, 2022). "Amtrak Station Closing in Michigan City". Hometown News Now. Retrieved February 23, 2024.