NICTD President Michael Noland

"We want to know from the folks who are not riding the service what factors they take into account for making that choice to ride or to not ride," said NICTD's Kelly Wenger.

"So it's going to require some additional taking up some work that was already completed and then putting in the proper isolation and then putting the track back in," Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland told the NICTD Board on Wednesday.

On Friday, westbound trains will drop off passengers at 18th Street at 4:53, 5:22 and 5:47 p.m. Eastbound trains will pick up passengers there at 11:21 p.m. and 12:51 a.m.

South Shore Line fares are going up. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Board approved a 10-percent fare hike Wednesday.

South Shore Line riders have a chance to weigh in on the service. An online survey is available through Thursday.

The South Shore Line continues looking into possible changes to the east end of the railroad.

The past five years have brought big changes to the South Shore Line's ridership patterns but also to private-sector development along the rail line.

"We are working with the contractor to try to make sure that they bring that schedule back to something that we believe is reasonable," Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland told the NICTD board Monday.

South Shore Line riders can expect schedule adjustments and a fare hike in the coming months.

"We're having days when we're 60-percent on-time, and early in the summer, we were reporting 25-percent OTP, which is not good," Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Mike Noland told the NICTD board last month. "And we're not satisfied at 60 percent."