South Bend Airport station

South Bend Airport
A South Shore Line train at South Bend Airport in 2004
General information
Location4485 Progress Drive
South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates41°42′03″N 86°18′40″W / 41.7008°N 86.3110°W / 41.7008; -86.3110
Owned byNICTD
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Transpo
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone11
History
OpenedNovember 20, 1992
ElectrifiedYes (1500 V DC)
Passengers
2019227 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station
Hudson Lake South Shore Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station NICTD Following station
New Carlisle
Closed 1994
South Shore Line Terminus
Location
Map
Interior view of the island platform of the South Bend Airport train station (2012)

South Bend Airport is a commuter train station on, and the eastern terminus of, the South Shore Line. Servicing South Bend International Airport, the station is 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Downtown South Bend, Indiana. In November 1992, the Airport station replaced the South Shore Line's former terminus at the South Bend Amtrak Station. The new station was constructed at a cost of $1.8 million and dedicated on November 20, 1992.

The station has a waiting room. Because the station is incorporated into the South Bend International Airport building, riders can also take advantage of its extensive lounging areas, shops and a meditation room.

Until November 27, 2009, most eastbound weekend South Shore Line trains terminated at this station. Since then, those trips have been cut in half, creating much larger gaps in service, to improve on-time performance for South Shore trains, which had suffered because the section of the line between Michigan City and South Bend is almost entirely single-tracked. Thus, if the westbound train got delayed, the eastbound train would get delayed even more because it will need to wait for the westbound train to clear the track.[2]

  1. ^ "2020 State of the System Report" (PDF). Metra. November 2020. p. SSL-4.
  2. ^ NICTD March 2009 Board Meeting Minutes, p. 7