Michigan City station

Former Amtrak station in Indiana

This article is about the train station. For the power plant, see Michigan City Generating Station. For the South Shore Line station in Michigan City, see 11th Street station (Indiana).

Michigan City, IN

The Wolverine at Michigan City station in March 1983

General information
Location| 100 Washington Street
Michigan City, Indiana
United States
Coordinates| 41°43′16″N 86°54′20″W﻿ / ﻿41.72111°N 86.90556°W﻿ / 41.72111; -86.90556
Line(s)| Amtrak Michigan Line
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Construction
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: MCI
History
Opened| April 26, 1981 (1981-04-26)[1]
Closed| April 4, 2022
Former services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Hammond–Whiting

toward Chicago

|  | Wolverine |  | New Buffalo

toward Pontiac

Preceding station  | New York Central Railroad | Following station
Porter

toward Chicago

|  | Michigan Central Railroad

Main Line

|  | Grand Beach

toward Buffalo

Preceding station  | Nickel Plate Road | Following station
Terminus |  | Michigan City – Indianapolis

(before 1933)

|  | La Porte

toward Indianapolis

Location

Michigan City station was a train station in Michigan City, Indiana served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It was served by two eastbound and one westbound Wolverine train at the time of closure; other Wolverine and Blue Water trains did not stop. The station had a platform shelter near the former prairie-style Michigan Central Railroad depot dating from 1915, which is now a local restaurant.[2][3] That earlier station served Michigan Central Railroad, and later, New York Central passenger trains. Major NYC named trains passing through the station included the Canadian (east to Detroit and Toronto), the Chicago Mercury (east to Detroit) and the Wolverine (east to New York via Detroit and southwestern Canada, in contrast to the modern train).[4]

Service began at the new Amtrak station on April 26, 1981.[5]: 203  The station closed effective April 4, 2022.[6] No official reason was given for the closure, and passengers were advised to instead use the New Buffalo station 10 miles (16 km) east.[7] The electric interurban South Shore Line, which operates between South Bend and Chicago, stops at 11th Street station roughly a mile to the south.

## References

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1. ^ "Indiana May Lose Last Passenger Train Service". The Logansport Pharos-Tribune. April 2, 1981. p. 7. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Pete, Joseph S. (July 19, 2020). "NWI Business Ins and Outs: Domino's coming to Hobart, American Sale closes after 50 years in Lansing, sushi place comes to Winfield, and Troost closes". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
3. ^ Great American Stations Archived 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed April 4, 2013.
4. ^ June 1951 New York Central timetable, Tables 7, 15, 26 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC51-6TT.pdf
5. ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
6. ^ "Michigan City, IN, Station Closing". Amtrak. March 2022. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022.
7. ^ Maddux, Stan (March 29, 2022). "Amtrak Station Closing in Michigan City". Hometown News Now. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

## External links

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Media related to Michigan City station at Wikimedia Commons

* Michigan City, IN – Amtrak
* Michigan City, IN – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* "Michigan City Amtrak Station". TrainWeb.org.
* Michigan City (MCI)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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Amtrak stations in Indiana

Active stations|

* Connersville
* Crawfordsville
* Dyer
* Elkhart
* Hammond–Whiting
* Indianapolis
* Lafayette
* Rensselaer
* South Bend
* Waterloo

Former stations|

* Bloomington
* Fort Wayne
* Garrett
* Gary–5th & Chase
* Gary–Broadway
* Gary–Miller
* Hobart
* Indiana Harbor
* Jeffersonville
* Lafayette (2nd and South)
* Lafayette (Main Street)
* Logansport
* Marion
* Michigan City
* Muncie
* Nappanee
* Peru
* Richmond (3rd Street)
* Richmond (10th Street)
* Terre Haute
* Valparaiso
* Warsaw
* Wheeler
* Whiting

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