Dune Acres was a
South Shore Line
The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in ...
flag stop
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located at Mineral Springs Road serving
Dune Acres in
Porter County, Indiana
Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso. The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago m ...
. The station opened prior to 1910 and closed in 1994, as part of an NICTD service revision which also saw the closure of
Ambridge Ambridge may refer to:
* Ambridge (''The Archers''), a fictional place in the UK radio programme, ''The Archers''
* Ambridge, Indiana, a former neighborhood, now part of Ambridge Mann, Indiana, US
** Ambridge station, a former railway station in A ...
,
Kemil Road,
Willard Avenue,
LaLumiere,
Rolling Prairie, and
New Carlisle. The station did not close on July 5, 1994, like the other stations, instead closing after parking was expanded at the
Dune Park station.
References
Former South Shore Line stations
Former railway stations in Indiana
Railway stations in Porter County, Indiana
Railway stations closed in 1994
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