Talk:South Shore Line (NICTD)

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I think this article should be have Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad merged into it, not the other way around. The name of the rail line does not use CamelCase.

• Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District site

It appears the current freight company does in fact use camelcase, and the passenger line is the "South Shore Line", with no "Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad" any more. --SPUI (talk) 11:27, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Does the South Shore still stop at Ambridge? I recall it as a "signal stop" only, but I remember it stopping there in the early 90s (back when I took the train to work every day). --Mhking 00:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map

A map is now available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:SouthShore.png, feel free to use it --JVittes 06:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Great, I put it in there, feel free to adjust it. Craig R. Nielsen 07:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is not an interurban

Referring to South Shore service as interurban streetcar service is simply incorrect. The route may be the legacy route of the old interurban, but solely heavy-rail commuter trains are operate along it. Today, this is a commuter rail service with a few streetside stops in Michigan City. Calling it an interurban gives the impression that light-rail stock is used on this line and that is far from the case. A distinction should be made between the description of the route as a legacy interurban route and a description of the trains actually operated along it. This is not a streetcar, plain and simple.