West Lake Corridor

West Lake Corridor

 West Lake Corridor alignment
 Design option
 Station option
  
South Shore Line
to Millennium Station

I-94

Calumet River
Hegewisch

Hammond Gateway
Illinois
Indiana

South Shore Line
to South Bend Airport

Grand Calumet River

Downtown Hammond
South Hammond
I-80 / I-94
Little Calumet River
Munster Ridge Road
Munster Fisher/45th Streets
Munster/Dyer Main Street
Dyer
St. John US 41

The West Lake Corridor is a proposal for commuter rail service to serve the city of Chicago, Illinois, and the cities of Hammond, Highland, Griffith, Valparaiso, Hobart, Cedar Lake, Munster, Merrillville, Dyer, and Lowell in Indiana.

New Start Studies

It was decided in mid-2000 that population and commercial growth in Lake and Porter counties in Northwest Indiana justified an expansion of the commuter rail services offered by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD). A more recent study confirms the economic benefits;[1] however, a later Associated Press-WJOB story indicates that NICTD has some doubt whether the community is growing at a rate that would qualify for federal funding for the project, and whether it could use the CN line to Valparaiso.[2] A later study indicated that while the Lowell branch would attract 11,327 riders per day, a Valparaiso to Munster branch would not attract enough ridership, and that part of the plan would be dropped.[3]

Train service

Lowell to Downtown Chicago – This service would extend a total of 45.8 miles from Lowell to Chicago along the CSX Transportation line, to the Monon Corridor, and then to Chicago as described above.

Possible stations on the Lowell line

Stations on the Metra Electric

It is foreseen that the service would also stop at following stations on Metra's Electric Line:

See also

References

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