Adam Benjamin Metro Center

Gary Metro Center
Gary Metro Center
	The Metro Center station in April 2016.
Other names	Adam Benjamin Metro Center
Location	200 West 4th Avenue; Gary, Indiana
Coordinates	41°36′17″N 87°20′18″W / 41.60472°N 87.33833°W
Owned by	The city of Gary, Indiana
Platforms	1 low-level island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Gary Public Transportation Corporation
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1984
Electrified	Yes (1500 V DC)
Passengers
2015	412 (average weekday)
Services
	Ambridge Closed 1994 toward Millennium Station

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 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

Route 1: Tiberon Trails
Route 7: 9th & Colfax
Route 11: 5th & Colfax
Route 12: Tri-City Connection via Casinos
Route 13: Oak and County Line
Route 15: King Drive
Route 16: Colonial Gardens
Route 17: South Broadway Express
Route 19: West 6th/Hospital

References[]

^ "2018 State of the System" (PDF). Metra. August 2018. p. 185.
^ "ADA Accessibility" (PDF). Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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

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

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[1] "2018 State of the System" (PDF). Metra. August 2018. p. 185.

[2] "ADA Accessibility" (PDF). Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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