Editing South Shore Line (section)

== Route ==
Departing [[South Bend Airport (NICTD station)|South Bend Airport]], the South Shore Line heads south alongside Bendix Drive, then west along Westmoor Street, before connecting with the tracks that ran to its former terminus. Between that point and [[Hudson Lake, Indiana]], the South Shore Line runs parallel to [[Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]]'s [[Chicago Line (Norfolk Southern)|Chicago Rail Line]], also used by [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]'' and ''[[Floridian (train)|Floridian]]'', on the north side of the tracks. Just before Hudson Lake, the line crosses from St. Joseph County into [[LaPorte County, Indiana|LaPorte County]] and enters the Central Time Zone.

From Hudson Lake, the South Shore continues straight west to [[Michigan City, Indiana|Michigan City]]. In Michigan City, the track runs parallel to 11th Street from Michigan Boulevard to Tennessee Street, where it crosses over to Tenth Street. There, the railroad has an at-grade diamond with Amtrak's ''[[Michigan Services]]'', after which it runs until Sheridan Avenue on the west side of Michigan City, Leaving Michigan City, the track travels through [[Indiana Dunes State Park]], crosses over the Chicago Line and runs parallel to it, this time on the south side, past [[Long Lake (Indiana)|Long Lake]]. At [[Gary, Indiana]], the route heads west to service the [[Gary Airport]], at times running parallel to the [[Indiana Toll Road]], as far as [[Hammond, Indiana]]. Just west of Hammond Gateway station, the route crosses into Illinois and Chicago city limits, at which point the track curves northwest, through the [[Hegewisch, Chicago|Hegewisch]] neighborhood and, after crossing the [[Bishop Ford Freeway]] and the [[Calumet River]], converges with the [[Metra Electric District]] south of [[Kensington/115th Street station|Kensington/115th Street]] station. The South Shore Line then runs over the Metra Electric from Kensington/115th Street the rest of the way to [[Millennium Station]].

The line is [[quadruple track]]ed along the section shared with the Metra Electric line from Millennium Station to Kensington/115th Street, double-tracked from Kensington/115th Street to the yard at Michigan City, and single-tracked from there to South Bend Airport.