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 (South Shore Line).

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]

Michigan City, IN
The Wolverine at Michigan City station in March 1983
General information
Location	100 Washington Street Michigan City, Indiana United States
Coordinates	41°43′16″N 86°54′20″W
Line(s)	Amtrak Michigan Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: MCI
History
Opened	April 26, 1981 (1981-04-26)[1]
Closed	April 4, 2022
Passengers
FY 2023	0[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

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.

References

1. "Indiana May Lose Last Passenger Train Service". The Logansport Pharos-Tribune. April 2, 1981. p. 7. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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. Accessed April 4, 2013.
5. June 1951 New York Central timetable, Tables 7, 15, 26 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC51-6TT.pdf
6. Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
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.

External links

Media related to Michigan City station at Wikimedia Commons

• Michigan City, IN – Amtrak
• Michigan City, IN – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• "Michigan City Amtrak Station". TrainWeb.org.
• Michigan City (MCI)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)