Officials cut ribbon on South Shore ‘double track' to streamline commute times

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Officials cut ribbon on South Shore ‘double track' to streamline commute times
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The South Shore train line has a long history of taking commuters from downtown Chicago and into Northwest Indiana, but it’ll do so even faster thanks to…

The South Shore train line has a long history of taking commuters from downtown Chicago and into Northwest Indiana, but it’ll do so even faster thanks to improvements officially unveiled Monday.

“On days like today you can feel it, it’s not just words, you can feel the progress and the good that will come from it,” he said. Another $80 million was funded locally, and the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District kicked in $30 million, for a total outlay of $650 million.

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