Ogden Dunes (NICTD)

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Ogden Dunes
NICTD station

The commuter line serving Ogden Dunes, shown in Dark South Shore Burgundy on this schematic, serves Chicago's eastern suburbs in Illinois and Indiana
Station statistics
Address U.S. Highway 12 and Hillcrest Road
Ogden Dunes, IN
Coordinates 41°37′2″N, 87°11′12″W
Lines
South Shore Line
Other information
Opened 1998
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by NICTD
Fare zone 6

Ogden Dunes is a station in Porter County, Indiana serving the municipality of Ogden Dunes, Indiana. It is used by South Shore Line trains. Ogden Dunes is a semi-gated community with one major access road off of U.S. Highway 12, and the station is located adjacent to where this road accesses the community.

Ogden Dunes is a comparatively new station, built in 1998-99 to replace the South Shore's former flag stop located close to the same location. The new station also serves new residential subdivisions in and around Portage, Indiana.

The Ogden Dunes station is close to the Inland Marsh and West Beach units of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

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South Shore Line
toward South Bend

Coordinates: 41°37′2″N, 87°11′12″W