South Bend Airport (NICTD station)

South Bend Airport

A South Shore Line train at South Bend Airport

Location

4485 Progress Drive
South Bend, Indiana

Owned by

NICTD

Line(s)

South Shore Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

TRANSPO

Construction

Parking

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

November 1992

Electrified

Yes (1500v DC)

Services

Preceding station		NICTD		Following station
Hudson Lake toward Millennium Station		South Shore Line		Terminus

South Bend Airport is the eastern terminus of the South Shore Line serving South Bend Regional Airport. The station is 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the central business district of South Bend, Indiana. In November 1992, this station replaced the South Shore Line's former terminus at the South Bend Amtrak Station.^[1] It was built at the end of what started out as Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad's freight spur ^[2] NICTD and South Bend Regional Airport have considered moving the station to the west side of the airport (complete with a new track),^[3] but no concrete plans have been made as of February 2010.

The station has a ticket office and a waiting room. Because the station is incorporated into the South Bend Regional Airport building, riders can also take advantage of its extensive lounging areas, shops and a meditation room.

Until November 27, 2009, most eastbound weekend South Shore Line trains terminated at this station. Since then, those trips were cut in half, creating much larger gaps in service. This was done to improve on-time performance for South Shore trains, which suffered because the section of the line between Michigan City and South Bend is almost entirely single-tracked. Because of this, if the westbound train got delayed, the eastbound train got delayed even more as it waited for the westbound train to clear the track.^[4]