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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.

Gary Metro Center
The Metro Center station in April 2016.
General information
Other names	Adam Benjamin Metro Center
Location	200 West 4th Avenue Gary, Indiana
Coordinates	41°36′17″N 87°20′18″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
2019	426 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Gary Airport toward Millennium Station South Shore Line Miller toward South Bend Airport Ambridge Closed 1994 toward Millennium 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

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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

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

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