Gary Metro Center
Metro Center station in April 2016.
General information
Other namesAdam Benjamin Metro Center
Location200 West 4th Avenue
Gary, Indiana
Coordinates41°36′17″N 87°20′18″W / 41.60472°N 87.33833°W / 41.60472; -87.33833
Owned byThe city of Gary, Indiana
Platforms1 low-level island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsGary Public Transportation Corporation
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone5
History
Opened1984
ElectrifiedYes (1500 V DC)
Passengers
2019426 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station
Gary/Chicago Airport South Shore Line Miller
Former services
Preceding station NICTD Following station
Ambridge
Closed 1994
South Shore Line Miller
Location

Gary Metro Center (also known as the Adam Benjamin Metro Center) is a multimodal commuter hub operated by the Gary Public Transportation Corporation. It was built in 1984 as an elevated replacement of the previously ground-level Broadway Street Station.

It serves as the central bus terminal and the Downtown Gary station on the South Shore Line. It also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines and other intercity bus systems.

It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Genesis Convention Center and the U.S. Steel Yard baseball park, home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats baseball team. The RailCats's full name, SouthShore RailCats, honors the South Shore Line.

The station is just south of the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) and the disused Gary Union Station. The tracks of the former Baltimore and Ohio (now CSX) and New York Central Railroads (now Norfolk Southern) also lie near the station.

Structure

The station consists of a single elevated low-level island platform with mobile wheelchair lifts to allow passengers with disabilities to board and disembark. The platform can be accessed from the second floor of stairs located adjacent to Broadway as well as via the second floor of the station building.[2]

Bus connections

GPTC

Local Routes

  • Route L1: E. 35th Avenue/Marshalltown
  • Route L2: Oak/County Line via Aetna
  • Route L3: West 6th Avenue/Tolleston/Village
  • Route L5: Horace Mann/Village via Taft Street

Regional Routes

  • Route R1: R1: Lakeshore Connection
  • Route R3: Burr Street and Lake Ridge
  • Route R-BMX: Broadway Metro Express

Greyhound Lines

References

  1. "2020 State of the System Report" (PDF). Metra. November 2020. p. SSL-4.
  2. "ADA Accessibility" (PDF). Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

41°36′17″N 87°20′18″W / 41.60472°N 87.33833°W / 41.60472; -87.33833

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