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{{Infobox station
 | style=Amtrak
 | name=Hammond–Whiting
 | image=Hammond-Whiting Amtrak Station.jpg
 | image_size=
 | image_caption=The station building
 | address=1135 South Calumet Avenue<br />Hammond, IN 46320
 | coordinates={{coord|41.6911|-87.5066|type:railwaystation_region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
 | line={{rail color box|system=Amtrak|line=Wolverine}}
 | other='''[[Hammond Transit|EasyGo Lake Transit]]'''
 | platform=1
 | tracks=4
 | parking=Yes; free
 | bicycle=No
 | passengers=6,638<ref>{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Indiana|publisher= [http://www.amtrak.com Amtrak] |date= November 2010 |url= http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/INDIANA10.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate= 2011-01-06}}</ref>
 | pass_year=2010
 | pass_percent=10
 | opened=
 | rebuilt=
 | ADA=Yes
 | code=HMI
 | owned=[[NICTD]]
 | zone=
 | services=
{{s-rail|title=Amtrak}}
{{s-line|system=Amtrak|line=Wolverine|previous=Chicago|next=Michigan City}}
 | baggage_check=No
}}
'''Hammond–Whiting''' is a [[train station]] in [[Hammond, Indiana]] served by [[Amtrak]], the national railroad passenger system. Currently, the ''[[Wolverine (Amtrak)|Wolverine]]'' is the only Amtrak service that stops at this station. The station also used to serve as the split with the ''[[Three Rivers (Amtrak)|Three Rivers]]'' line until March 8, 2005 when the Three Rivers service was ended. The station was serviced but is now bypassed by the ''[[Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)|Capitol Limited]]'' and the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]''.<!--Any info on when it served the Capitol and Lake Shore Limiteds?-->

Of the 11 Indiana stations served by Amtrak, Hammond-Whiting was the sixth-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 18 passengers daily.<ref>{{cite web |title= Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Indiana|publisher= [http://www.amtrak.com Amtrak] |date= November 2010 |url= http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/INDIANA10.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate= 2011-01-06}}</ref>

The station is along the former [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] [[Fort Wayne Line]], now owned by [[Norfolk Southern]]. North of the station lies the old [[Baltimore and Ohio]] ([[CSX]]) and [[Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad]]s ([[Canadian National]]) tracks. The station building and parking lot lies where the [[New York Central Railroad]] previously was.<ref>[http://www.dhke.com/CRJ/others-in.html Other Northwest Indiana Junctions]</ref>

[[File:Amtrak 351 in Hammond, Indiana.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Amtrak 351 blows past the station at Hammond–Whiting without stopping during a lake effect snowstorm.]]

==See also==
*[[Hammond (NICTD)]]

==Bus connections==
*[[Hammond Transit|Easy Go Lake Transit]]: Red and Green routes.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Amtrak web|HMI|Hammond, IN|INDIANA}}
*[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/whiting.htm Hammond–Whiting Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)]

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