Dune Park (NICTD)
DUNE PARK | |||||||||||
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Dune Park Station | |||||||||||
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Address |
33 East U.S. Highway 12 Chesterton, Indiana | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°38′41″N 87°3′39″W / 41.64472°N 87.06083°W | ||||||||||
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Connections | V-Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes; free for passengers | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes; bike rack | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | |||||||||||
Owned by | NICTD | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 6 | ||||||||||
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Dune Park is a station in unincorporated Porter County, Indiana located north of the municipalities of Chesterton and Porter. It is used by South Shore Line trains, and serves as the headquarters of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), the umbrella agency that operates the South Shore Line. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Indiana State Road 49.
Usage
The Dune Park station was built with substantial parking space to consolidate local commuter service, and in 1992 the South Shore Line ceased to offer its traditional flag stop service to Dune Acres, Indiana and Kemil Road, several miles west and east of Dune Park respectively. Users of these low-volume stops were instructed to instead use the consolidated Dune Park station.
"Dune Park" is so called because it the station is physically surrounded by land owned by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Major units of the National Lakeshore are accessible from the station on U.S. 12 and the Calumet Trail. The station is also adjacent to the Indiana Dunes State Park, which is accessible to the north via Indiana 49.
Dune Park was also the name of a former section of the Indiana Dunes, between Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Dune Acres, that was physically leveled in the 1960s to create the Port of Indiana steelmaking and industrial complex.
Bus connections
- Orange Line (Friday-Sunday only)
External links
- South Shore Line - Stations
- South Shore Railfan.net
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 41°38′41″N 87°3′39″W / 41.64472°N 87.06083°W