Hudson Lake station

Hudson Lake is a train stop operated by the South Shore Line in the unincorporated community of Hudson Lake, Indiana. It is one of a very few interurban stations located in a rural region of the United States, being located approximately halfway between the much larger communities of Michigan City and South Bend. The station is composed of a passenger shelter, a sign, a small concrete pad, and a small parking lot.^[1]

Hudson Lake
Hudson Lake station facing west
General information
Location	County Road 700N and Chicago Road, Hudson Lake, Indiana[1]
Coordinates	41°42′34″N 86°32′15″W
Owned by	NICTD
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade platform with bus shelter
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Electrified	Yes (1500 V DC)
Passengers
2019	1 (average weekday)[2]
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Carroll Avenue toward Millennium Station South Shore Line South Bend Airport Terminus
Former services Preceding station NICTD Following station Rolling Prairie Closed 1994 toward Millennium Station South Shore Line New Carlisle Closed 1994 toward South Bend Airport
Track layout Legend to Millennium Chicago Trail 700N to South Bend Airport
Location

Like most interurban railroads of the early 20th century, the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad was designed to string together farm communities with nearby cities. Most of these interurban railroads have ended this type of service, and the Hudson Lake station is one of the few such stations that remain.

As of 2021^[update], the Hudson Lake station is a flag stop. A customer seeking to board the train here must push a button to activate a flashing strobe light that will catch the attention of the train engineer.^[1]

The Hudson Lake station has a passenger shelter and parking lots on both sides of the tracks (though only the one closest to the station, a small free lot, belongs to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District).^[1] The station has the shortest platform in the entire South Shore Line, as it is only long enough to berth one train car.

There has been some consideration of building a new New Carlisle station which might supplant the station at Hudson Lake.^[3][4]

References

1. "Maps and Stations". South Shore Line. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
2. "2020 State of the System Report" (PDF). Metra. November 2020. p. SSL-4.
3. "$100,000 study underway to consider launching New Carlisle train station". South Bend Tribune. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
4. Spalding, Mary Beth (24 July 2020). "Options open for New Carlisle site as county clears old trailers". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

External links

• Media related to Hudson Lake station at Wikimedia Commons
• South Shore Line - Stations Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Station from Chicago Road from Google Maps Street View

41°42′34″N 86°32′15″W