An agreement has been reached for a new, shorter route for the South Shore to the South Bend International Airport.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews ... Ws2qeQ9vEQ
New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
It is good to see this moving forward.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
So will the current easement off the original south shore main be abandoned or left in place for a potential emergency route into the airport and/or any potential freight development?
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
Bike trail.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
TBD. Most likely removed, but there's always a chance CSS decides they want it for rail service.
The original mainline to Grandview will definitely remain, CSS owns beyond that and the ROW is also being kept for potential future South Bend Downtown plans.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
Does NICTD publish their ridership data in a station by station fashion anywhere? I’d love to know how many people actually use the SB Airport station (and some of the others along the line).
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justalurker66
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
Their ridership statistics are behind, but when published they break out ridership to South Bend.
Construction affected the ridership numbers. Busing for the Double Track project ended in April with new trains added in May.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
Good news and bad news. I will miss the side of the road, interurban type running today to reach the airport along Bendix Drive and the use of the former Northern Indiana Railway Michigan CIty line alignment into South Bend on Westmoor Street.
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Re: New Route to South Bend Airport for South Shore.
Nobody will miss the restricted speed running and the tendency of South Bend locals to still get hit by trains in that stretch!SecondCreek wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 7:01 pmGood news and bad news. I will miss the side of the road, interurban type running today to reach the airport along Bendix Drive and the use of the former Northern Indiana Railway Michigan CIty line alignment into South Bend on Westmoor Street.
The track department won't maintaining it either, I promise you that!
