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on the South Shore Line. It also serves as a stop for

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and other intercity bus systems. It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Genesis Convention Center and the

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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 (

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) 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.

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

References

External links

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South Shore Line - Stations

Station from Google Maps Street View
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