The Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad is a short-line freight railroad operating in northern Indiana and Illinois. It uses the tracks of the former Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (CSSSB) (more commonly known as the South Shore Line), which also operated electric-powered interurban passenger service between downtown Chicago, Illinois and suburban areas along the south shore of Lake Michigan in Illinois and northern Indiana.
In 1977, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) was formed by the Indiana General Assembly to provide financial assistance and manage the commuter services of the CSSSB. Over the following 15 years, the NICTD gradually purchased the commuter rail operations and track. The freight operations were turned over to the slightly renamed Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad, which shares the tracks with the passengers service but uses diesel motive power.
The South Shore Line is the oldest continually operating interurban electric passenger railway in the United States.
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