Adam Benjamin Metro Center


Gary 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. Named in honor of local Representative Adam Benjamin Jr., who died in 1982. It serves as the central bus terminal and the Downtown Gary station on the South [Shore Line |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 and the disused Gary Union Station. The tracks of the former Baltimore and Ohio and New [York Central Railroad]s 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. The station was designed by Gary-based architectural firm H. Seay Cantrell Associates.

Bus connections

Gary Public Transportation Corporation
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
'''Greyhound Lines'''

History

Gary station opened in 1908 as an inaugural stop along the new Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway; it was located at Broadway and Third, near the United States Steel Corporation plant and several steam railroad stations. The station building had a footprint of and featured a tile roof. A platform, level with car floors, was provided for passengers and freight handling. A storage yard and wye were also provided. It contained a ticket office, waiting rooms, and baggage room. A new station building had replaced the original by the 1950s.
The modern station was dedicated on October 16, 1985.