Adam Benjamin Metro Center

Gary Metro
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 / 41.60472°N 87.33833°W / 41.60472; -87.33833
Owned by	The city of Gary, Indiana
Platforms	1 low-level island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Gary Public Transportation Corporation
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Architect	H. Seay Cantrell Associates
Other information
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1984
Electrified	1,500 V DC
Passengers
2019	426 (average weekday)[1]
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
Track layout Legend to Millennium SR 53 (Broadway) I-90 / Indiana Toll Road to South Bend Airport
Location

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.^[2] Named in honor of local US Representative Adam Benjamin, Jr.,^[3] 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.