Dyer station

Dyer station is an Amtrak station in Dyer, Indiana, served by the Cardinal route.

Dyer, IN
The old Amtrak shelter station at Dyer before replacement, looking "railroad west" (compass northwest) towards Chicago.
General information
Location913 Sheffield Avenue
Dyer, Indiana
United States
Coordinates41.5154°N 87.5181°W / 41.5154; -87.5181
Line(s)CSX Monon Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: DYE
History
Rebuilt1986, 2014
Passengers
FY 2022959[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chicago
Terminus
 Cardinal Rensselaer
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chicago
Terminus
 Hoosier State Rensselaer
toward Indianapolis
Kentucky Cardinal Rensselaer
toward Louisville

Dyer Station was merely a little shelter with seats before a renovation in 2014, which demolished the "Amshack" shelter built in 1986 and constructed a larger station house which was accessible, and repaved the platform and parking lot.[2] It is located north of 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
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. "Dyer, IN (DYE) – Great American Stations". Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  3. Crossing CSX and EJ&E; August 28, 2001 (TrainWeb)
  4. Longest (2007), 93.
  5. "Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority: RBA's easygo Service is expanding! Starting August 2!". 2010-06-25. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.
  6. "West Lake Corridor Study (NICTD)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  7. "Chapter 2 Alternatives Considered" (PDF). NICTD. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

References


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