NATIONAL TRAIN DAY 2010
Please help us celebrate National Train Day on Saturday, May 8, 2010. You are invited to attend a ceremony at 11:00 AM at the New Buffalo Station (the new platform on North Whittaker, at the corner of Oselka Drive).
Mayor Geisler will be there to read the City of New Buffalo's National Train Day Resolution, approved by the City Council. Refreshments will be served by the Michigan Association of Rail Passengers.
The group gathered on a cold National Train Day 2010:
TWO NEW TRAIN STOPS
Effective Monday, May 10, 2010, Amtrak will have two more stops at New Buffalo's station. Please see their press release and new schedule. This change is due to the high increase in ridership at the new station. Amtrak's ridership at the New Buffalo Amtrak Station has grown 170% when comparing the first five full months of the new station's ridership total of 1,656 passengers from November 2009 through March 2010, versus a ridership total of 972 passengers for the same time period of the previous year, at the old station.
In addition to other stops, here is the travel schedule for Chicago-New Buffalo passengers:
| EASTBOUND | | Wolverine | Blue Water | Wolverine | | |
| | | Train 350 | Train 364 | Train 354 | | |
| Chicago, IL–Union Station | Dp | 7:30A | 4:10P | 6:00P | (CT) | |
| New Buffalo, MI | Ar | 9:49A | 6:23P | 8:16P | (ET) | |
| | | (79 min.) | (73 min.) | (76 min.) | | |
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| WESTBOUND | | Blue Water | Wolverine | Wolverine | | |
| | | Train 365 | Train 353 | Train 355 | | |
| Chicago, IL–Union Station | Ar | 11:59A | 4:16P | 11:03P | (CT) | |
| New Buffalo, MI | Dp | 11:34A | 3:43P | 10:25P | (ET) | |
| | | (85 min.) | (93 min.) | (98 min.) | | |
Travel times vary due to additional stops in Michigan City, IN and/ or Hammond-Whiting, IN.
The Blue Water is financed primarily through funds made available by the Michigan State Department of Transportation. It is non-stop between Chicago and New Buffalo.
This page last updated on 6/24/2010.
