Amid ridership plunge, South Shore receives $73 million in federal aid – Post-Tribune (Merrilville)

The South Shore will use some of its CARES money to buy ticket-vending machines that take cash, so the train’s conductors don’t have to handle money potentially contaminated with virus. CARES funding can’t be used, however, on the railroad’s major projects – the West Lake Corridor extension and the Double Track project.