Dune Park is a comparatively new station, built in 1985 to serve as a regional commuter station and as NICTD's corporate headquarters.[3] The station was designed to replace the South Shore's former nearby station at Tremont, Indiana, a location that was becoming depopulated with the expansion of the nearby Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (now Indiana Dunes National Park).
The Dune Park station was built with substantial parking space to consolidate local commuter service, and in 1994 the South Shore Line ceased to offer its traditional flag stop service to Dune Acres and Kemil Road, several miles west and east of Dune Park respectively. Users of these low-volume stops were instructed to instead use the consolidated Dune Park station.
"Dune Park" is so called because it the station is physically surrounded by land owned by the Indiana Dunes National Park. Major units of the National Park are accessible from the station on U.S. 12 and the Calumet Trail. The station is also adjacent to the Indiana Dunes State Park, which is accessible to the north via Indiana 49.
Dune Park was also the name of a former section of the Indiana Dunes, between Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Dune Acres, that was physically leveled in the 1960s to create the Port of Indiana steelmaking and industrial complex.
Planned improvementsedit
As part of a larger project to double track the South Shore Line between Gary and Michigan City, some improvements will take place at Dune Park. Unlike several other stations on the line which will see major improvements, the improvements at Dune Park will be relatively minor since the station already has two tracks and a high-level platform. The main improvement will be repurposing the northern track, which currently only exists as a siding and to allow freight trains to pass through the station without interference from the high-level platform. The improved station will add a new low-level platform adjacent to the northern track while keeping the existing high-level platform adjacent to the southern track, but will also add gauntlet track to the southern track to allow freight trains to pass through the station on that track (rather than being limited to only using the northern track) without interference from the high-level platform.[4] The new platform will be made accessible to passengers with disabilities using a mobile wheelchair lift. That will only be used occasionally, such as during service disruptions, however. During normal operations, all trains will stop at the southern high-level platform.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dune Park station news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dune Park is a station in Westchester Township Porter County Indiana located north of the municipalities of Chesterton and Porter It is used by South Shore Line trains and serves as the headquarters of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District NICTD the umbrella agency that operates the South Shore Line It is located at the intersection of U S Highway 12 and Indiana State Road 49 Dune ParkDune Park in May 2005 General informationLocation33 East U S Highway 12Chesterton IndianaCoordinates41 38 41 N 87 3 39 W 41 64472 N 87 06083 W 41 64472 87 06083Owned byNICTDPlatforms1 side platformTracks2ConnectionsV LineConstructionParkingYes free for passengersBicycle facilitiesYes bike rackAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone6HistoryOpenedJune 2 1986 1 ElectrifiedYes 1500 V DC Passengers2019474 average weekday 2 ServicesPreceding station NICTD Following stationPortage Ogden Dunestoward Millennium Station South Shore Line Beverly Shorestoward South Bend AirportFormer servicesPreceding station NICTD Following stationDune AcresClosed 1994toward Randolph Street South Shore Line Kemil RoadClosed 1994toward South Bend AirportLocation Contents 1 Usage 2 Planned improvements 3 Bus connections 4 References 5 External linksUsage editDune Park is a comparatively new station built in 1985 to serve as a regional commuter station and as NICTD s corporate headquarters 3 The station was designed to replace the South Shore s former nearby station at Tremont Indiana a location that was becoming depopulated with the expansion of the nearby Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore now Indiana Dunes National Park The Dune Park station was built with substantial parking space to consolidate local commuter service and in 1994 the South Shore Line ceased to offer its traditional flag stop service to Dune Acres and Kemil Road several miles west and east of Dune Park respectively Users of these low volume stops were instructed to instead use the consolidated Dune Park station Dune Park is so called because it the station is physically surrounded by land owned by the Indiana Dunes National Park Major units of the National Park are accessible from the station on U S 12 and the Calumet Trail The station is also adjacent to the Indiana Dunes State Park which is accessible to the north via Indiana 49 Dune Park was also the name of a former section of the Indiana Dunes between Ogden Dunes Indiana and Dune Acres that was physically leveled in the 1960s to create the Port of Indiana steelmaking and industrial complex Planned improvements editAs part of a larger project to double track the South Shore Line between Gary and Michigan City some improvements will take place at Dune Park Unlike several other stations on the line which will see major improvements the improvements at Dune Park will be relatively minor since the station already has two tracks and a high level platform The main improvement will be repurposing the northern track which currently only exists as a siding and to allow freight trains to pass through the station without interference from the high level platform The improved station will add a new low level platform adjacent to the northern track while keeping the existing high level platform adjacent to the southern track but will also add gauntlet track to the southern track to allow freight trains to pass through the station on that track rather than being limited to only using the northern track without interference from the high level platform 4 The new platform will be made accessible to passengers with disabilities using a mobile wheelchair lift That will only be used occasionally such as during service disruptions however During normal operations all trains will stop at the southern high level platform Bus connections editV Line Orange Line Friday Sunday only References edit South Shore station opens Monday Vidette Messenger of Porter County May 29 1986 p 3 Retrieved July 27 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp 2020 State of the System Report PDF Metra November 2020 p SSL 4 Longest David E 2007 Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana Arcadia Publishing p 105 ISBN 978 0 7385 4131 0 Dune Park Campus Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Retrieved 19 October 2020 External links edit nbsp Media related to Dune Park train station at Wikimedia Commons South Shore Line Stations South Shore Railfan net South Shore Line historical timeline Dune Park Station 41 38 41 N 87 3 39 W 41 64472 N 87 06083 W 41 64472 87 06083 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dune Park station amp oldid 1174997528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
