Dyer station
Dyer, IN | |||||||||||||||
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 The old Amtrak shelter station at Dyer before replacement, looking "railroad west" (compass northwest) towards Chicago. | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 913 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°30′55″N 87°31′05″W / 41.5154°N 87.5181°W | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | CSX Monon Subdivision | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | ADA accessible | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | DYE | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1986, 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 3,198[1]  1.78% | ||||||||||||||
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Dyer is an Amtrak station in Dyer, Indiana, served by the Cardinal route.
Dyer Station was merely a sheltered platform and a little shelter with just seats before a renovation in 2014, which demolished the 1970s era "Amshack" shelter, built a larger station house which was ADA accessible, and repaved the platform and parking lot.[2] It is located near an at-grade crossing of two railroad lines; CSX (formerly the Monon Railroad) and the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.[3] The original depot stood at the diamond junction itself.[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]
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) had proposed a line to Lowell, Indiana which ran adjacent to the station, but Dyer's Amtrak station is not a planned stop. The first section of the West Lake Corridor is expected to terminate about 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) north of the station by 2025.[6][7]
Notes
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/DYE
- ^ Crossing CSX and EJ&E; August 28, 2001 (TrainWeb)
- ^ Longest (2007), 93.
- ^ http://www.rba-nwi.org/index.cfm
- ^ "West Lake Corridor Study (NICTD)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- ^ "Chapter 2 Alternatives Considered" (PDF). NICTD. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
References
- Longest, David E. (2007). Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4131-1.
External links
- Dyer, IN – Amtrak
- Dyer, IN – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Dyer Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Dyer (DYE)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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