Adam Benjamin Metro Center

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
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
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)
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
Location

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.

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