Dyer (Amtrak station)

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Dyer

The Amtrak shelter station at Dyer, looking "railroad west" (compass northwest) towards Chicago.
Station statistics
Address 913 Sheffield Avenue
Dyer, IN 46311
Coordinates 41°30′55″N 87°31′05″W / 41.5154°N 87.5181°W / 41.5154; -87.5181Coordinates: 41°30′55″N 87°31′05″W / 41.5154°N 87.5181°W / 41.5154; -87.5181
Line(s)
  Cardinal
  Hoosier State
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code DYE
Traffic
Passengers (2013)2,934[1] Increase 6.5%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Terminus
 Cardinal
Hoosier State
toward Indianapolis

Dyer is an Amtrak station in Dyer, Indiana, served by the Cardinal and Hoosier State, and is the penultimate station for both trains.

Dyer Station is merely a sheltered platform and a little shelter with just seats, however it is located near an at-grade crossing of two railroad lines; CSX (formerly the Monon Railroad) and the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.[2] The original depot stood at the diamond junction itself.[3]

The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) has proposed a line to Lowell, Indiana using Dyer as a stop. However, the station is intended to be south of both the existing station and the CSX/EJ&E crossing at U.S. 30.[4]

Connections

On August 2, 2010, Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority revamped the Hammond Transit System into EasyGo Lake Transit. The newly introduced Red Route terminated approximately a mile northeast of the station, at Main/Calumet intersection. Riders could take the Red Route to Munster, Hammond and Chicago's East Side neighborhood. They could also transfer to other EasyGo routes and connect to other towns and cities throughout Lake Country.

Hammond Transit and EasyGo Lake Transit discontinued all service on June 30, 2012.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ Crossing CSX and EJ&E; August 28, 2001 (TrainWeb)
  3. ↑ Longest (2007), 93.
  4. ↑ West Lake Corridor Study (NICTD)
  5. ↑ http://www.rba-nwi.org/index.cfm

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