 However, at the beginning of the 1980s, Chicago did not have such a stop for Amtrak intercity trains running to Michigan and the East Coast - most trains did not stop until Gary, South Bend, Valparaiso, or Niles.Only the "Calumet" and "Indiana Connection" commuter trains stopped in Whiting, Indiana, some southeast of Chicago.Indiana Representative Adam Benjamin Jr., chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, induced Amtrak to add a suburban station southeast of Chicago.