as a native of Michigan City, I can confirm people think that we are a city in Michigan, not Indiana. we are Michigan City, Indiana.

I grew up in South Bend, and we would take the South Shore often for trips to Chicago. Haven't been able to ride it since the double track project completed, but glad to see it has improved.

Now if only the rest of the state can get on board with transit....RIP Hoosier State train.

One of the hidden gems of Indiana

I feel like they should return the south shore line to downtown south bend, or even extend to Elkhart.

Everybody (around here) loves the South Shore train and theyre actually physically expanding now

Just rode this line for the first time while visiting Chicago. Was very cool to take transit to a national park. I wish they would make a downtown terminus in South Bend tho

Thanks for highlighting this! Hoping to see everyone at the Monon Corridor opening and I can't wait for future service expansions that have been discussed, but not yet planned to Valpo and Lowell!

Would like to see them make a route to Indianapolis and back

Banning light rail might be a blessing in disguise for the future, since it might push eventually push them to build a metro system instead. Kind of like the opposite of what happened in LA, where banning metros pushed them to build light rail instead.

Would be nice if the South Shore and Metra Electric could form a frequent metro style service with a train every few minuets at peak from Kensington north (even if South Shore only goes to Gary and the ME Mainline to Homewood). Also the Dyer branch should run into the city all day since its just that close. If there are Amtrak trains to Valparaiso again, I can see why they would make that peak only

I live in South Bend, and have not driven to Chicago in years.   The new update has made it even better.

SSL bouta singlehandedly rebuild Indiana's electric railroad network

RIP North Shore Line…

I live in Indianapolis, and have used the South shore train to visit Chicago.  Parking for free  in Hammond and taking the train to downtown Chicago is so great! ❤

I hope they manage to bring the trains to the city's downtown again. At least South Bend is small enough that a bus ride from the airport to downtown only takes around 20 minutes, but it would be better to be close to where all the bus lines converge rather than off on the far end of one of them.

I took the South Shore Line last month with a group of friends to visit Indiana Dune State Park. The double tracking allowed us to do this because of the increased speeds and frequencies. We never felt rushed to hustle to make our train.

One downside, however, is that our return train to Chicago was 20 minutes late. I’m not sure how it can be that late given the relative grade separation. We got even further delayed by the time we made it back to Chicago. Perhaps it was the heat (that day had a high in the low 90s). Whatever the reason, there was no communication about it. Platform displays told us the train was delayed but didn’t tell us when it would be there. This is low hanging fruit to improve on.

i used to take the south shore line every day when i was in college, i feel so nostalgic watching this video

I was born and raised in East Chicago. As a teen, the South Shore was my escape from steel town into the big city and all it had to offer. The old orange coaches were operating well past their prime, and there were frequent delays that were frustrating, but I am grateful for the fact that the South Shore was there when I needed it. The double tracking, upgrades to catenary and signals, and the new infrastructure are things we have been waiting to see for many decades. Lots of untapped potential here for fast trips into Chicago and for taking vehicles off overburdened roads.

Took the South Shore Line to the beach a few weeks ago. The rolling stock, although old, is smooth and quiet. Awesome train service.

I'm a fan of the line and have a few models, I enjoyed riding when I visited Chicago recently. I do wish they chose to extend it back to downtown South Bend instead of the airport realignment, though the airport route does raise a possibility of extending the line to Notre Dame.