Adam Benjamin Metro Center

41°36′17″N 87°20′18″W / 41.60472°N 87.33833°W / 41.60472; -87.33833Owned byThe city of Gary, IndianaPlatforms1 low-level island platformTracks2ConnectionsGary Public Transportation CorporationConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone5HistoryOpened1984ElectrifiedYes (1500 V DC)Passengers2019426 (average weekday)^[1] Services

Preceding station	NICTD			Following station
Gary/Chicago Airport toward Millennium Station		South Shore Line		Miller toward South Bend Airport

Former services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Ambridge Closed 1994 toward Randolph Street South Shore Line Miller toward South Bend Airport

Track layout
Legend to Millennium SR 53 (Broadway) I-90 / Indiana Toll Road to South Bend Airport

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: West-Central via Grant
• Route L2: Oak/County Line via Aetna
• Route L3: Crosstown Connector
• Route L4: University Park

Regional Routes

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

Greyhound Lines

References

External links

• Media related to Gary Metro Center train station at Wikimedia Commons
• South Shore Line - Stations
• South Shore Railfan.net
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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