Adam Benjamin Metro Center
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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. It was named in honor of local US 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. 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
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
References
External links
- Media related to Adam Benjamin Metro Center 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
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