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Gary Metro Center (NICTD)
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Gary Metro Center is a South Shore Line
commuter station
serving the city center of Gary, Indiana
. It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Genesis Convention Center
, home of the Gary Steelheads
basketball team, 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.
Gary Metro Center was built in 1984 as an elevated replacement of the previously ground level Broadway Street Station. It also serves as the central bus terminal and headquarters of the Gary Public Transportation Corporation
(GPTC), and as a Greyhound Lines
bus station.
The station is just south of the Indiana Toll Road
(I-90
) and Gary Union Station
. The tracks of the former Baltimore and Ohio
(now CSX) and New York Central Railroad
s (now Norfolk Southern) also lie near the station.
South Shore Line (NICTD)
The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend, Indiana...
commuter station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
serving the city center of Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
. It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Genesis Convention Center
Genesis Convention Center
The Genesis Convention Center is a 7,000 seat multi-purpose arena located in Gary, Indiana, United States. It is home to the Gary Splash of the Independent Basketball Association and formerly the Gary Steelheads. It has also held the Miss USA pageant twice, in 2001 and 2002.- External links :* *...
, home of the Gary Steelheads
Gary Steelheads
The Gary Steelheads were a professional basketball team that played in the International Basketball League. In the past they played in the International Basketball League, Continental Basketball Association, and the United States Basketball League. They were based in Gary, Indiana and played their...
basketball team, and the U.S. Steel Yard
U.S. Steel Yard
U.S. Steel Yard is an open-air baseball stadium located in Gary, Indiana next to I-90. It is home to the Gary SouthShore RailCats, a professional baseball team and member of the American Association. It seats 6,139 people. It also hosts many Little League Baseball games as well as high school...
baseball park, home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats
Gary SouthShore RailCats
The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a professional baseball team based in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. The RailCats are a member of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The RailCats have played their home games at...
baseball team. The RailCats's full name, SouthShore RailCats, honors the South Shore Line.
Gary Metro Center was built in 1984 as an elevated replacement of the previously ground level Broadway Street Station. It also serves as the central bus terminal and headquarters of the Gary Public Transportation Corporation
Gary Public Transportation Corporation
The Gary Public Transportation Corporation is a commuter bus system in Gary, Indiana that offers service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs...
(GPTC), and as a Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and...
bus station.
The station is just south of the Indiana Toll Road
Indiana Toll Road
The Indiana Toll Road, officially the Indiana East–West Toll Road, is a toll road that runs for east–west across northern Indiana from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line...
(I-90
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...
) and Gary Union Station
Union Station (Gary, Indiana)
Union Station in Gary, Indiana was built in 1910, just four years after the city was founded. The station is located between the elevated lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Built in a Beaux Arts style utilizing the new cast-in-place concrete methods...
. The tracks of the former Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
(now CSX) and New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...
s (now Norfolk Southern) also lie near the station.
Bus connections
GPTCGary Public Transportation Corporation
The Gary Public Transportation Corporation is a commuter bus system in Gary, Indiana that offers service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs...
- Route 1: Tiberon Trails
- Route 7: 9th & Colfax
- Route 11: 5th & Colfax
- Route 12: Tri-City Connection via Casinos
- Route 13: Oak and County Line
- Route 15: King Drive
- Route 16: Colonial Gardens
- Route 17: South Broadway Express
- Route 19: West 6th/Hospital