The original Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway, which opened in 1908, included a stop named Keiser at the same location as Kemil Road.

[3] The railroad estimated the cost of the stop at $700 ($3520 in 2023 adjusted for inflation) but initially refused to pay for it.

After Lois Weisberg, one of the group's founders, wrote a personal check to cover the cost, the railroad agreed to construction in exchange for Weisberg moderating her public criticism of the railroad and its president, Albert Dudley.

Contemporary marketing materials showed trail systems linking Kemil Road with Dune Acres, a station at the west edge of the park.

[4][5] The stop closed on July 5, 1994, as part of an NICTD service revision which also saw the closure of Ambridge, Willard Avenue, LaLumiere, Rolling Prairie, and New Carlisle.