Union Station

The South Bend Redevelopment Commission earlier this month approved hiring a consultant to study whether a passenger platform can be built between existing tracks, and assess whether the passenger tunnel under the tracks is still structurally sound for passenger access. The city also plans to seek federal funding for design and planning.

Norfolk Southern, the tracks' owner, killed an effort 20 years ago to move Amtrak downtown

The city administration says Amtrak has expressed "serious interest" in moving its South Bend station from the west side to downtown