While watching a fairly recent video of a South Shore passenger train through Gary, I noted that the train was switched from Track One to Track Two before the Hegewisch station, and it remained on Track Two until just west of Gary. Hegewisch and other stations to Gary Metro Center have platforms for Track One. This was an evening run. Is there an operational reason why trains use Track Two instead of Track One?
A related question:
In its proposed improvement plans (Michigan City relocation, double-tracking between Michigan City and Gary, etc.), NICTD estimates that the travel time between South Bend and Chicago will drop from over 2 hours to 90 minutes. That seems overly-optimistic. Does anyone know how that time reduction was determined?
Thanks.
A related question:
In its proposed improvement plans (Michigan City relocation, double-tracking between Michigan City and Gary, etc.), NICTD estimates that the travel time between South Bend and Chicago will drop from over 2 hours to 90 minutes. That seems overly-optimistic. Does anyone know how that time reduction was determined?
Thanks.