The South Shore Line weekday train schedule will change on July 1, 2017. The new schedule affects the following trains:
- Eastbound Departures from Millennium
- 4:57pm adds a stop at 57th, reduces travel time to Hegewisch and stations east by up to 2 minutes, and adds Beverly Shores as a stop
- 5:10pm changes to 5:24pm and no longer stops at Museum Campus, 57th, Gary/Chicago Airport, or Beverly Shores, and terminates in Michigan City
- 5:28pm changes to 5:30pm and adds stops at Museum Campus, 57th, Hammond, Gary/Chicago Airport, and all station stops to South Bend
- 5:32pm changes to 5:45pm and adds stop at East Chicago
- Westbound Arrivals at Millennium
- Train 222 will depart Gary Metro Center at 7:30pm (roughly 1 hour earlier) arriving Millennium Station at 8:26pm
- Train 22 will depart South Bend at 8:05pm ET (47 minutes earlier) making all regular stops and arriving in Chicago at 9:36pm CT
The following summary explains why we are making these adjustments.
- NICTD believes the 5:10p train should depart Millennium Station a bit later to more effectively capture commuters who work until 5:00pm but cannot make a 5:10pm departure. The 5:10pm train is currently only 72% full (April 2017).
- With this change, passengers still have access to two trains departing Millennium Station after 5:00pm. NICTD is also adding Hammond as a new stop on the 5:30pm schedule, so Hammond passengers will now be able to choose either the 5:24pm or 5:30pm departure.
- The schedule also moves Train 217 from a 5:32pm to 5:45pm departure in order to capture more riders whose workdays end at 5:30pm.
- Train 222 and 22 changes were in response to changes to the eastbound schedule.
To review the new schedule please click here