Gary/Chicago Airport station

Gary/Chicago Airport (also known as Clark Rd.)[2] is a South Shore Line commuter station serving the city of Gary, Indiana. The station is located in the city's Brunswick neighborhood. It is one of three NICTD electric train stations in Gary, and serves the Gary/Chicago International Airport, although it does not provide direct access to the airport. NICTD gives the address as being on Clark Road near 2nd Avenue, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from Airport terminal, but it is actually on the corner of 2nd Place, one block south of its supposed location. Gary International Airport gives the station as being 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the airport terminal.

Gary/Chicago Airport
Clark Rd.
The Gary/Chicago Airport station at Clark Road in April 2016.
LocationClark Road and 2nd Place
Gary, Indiana
Coordinates41°36′20″N 87°23′38.5″W
Owned byNICTD
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zone5
Electrified1500v DC
Passengers
2015129 (average weekday)[1]
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station
East Chicago
toward Millennium Station
 South Shore Line Adam Benjamin Metro Center
toward South Bend Airport
Ambridge
Closed 1994
toward South Bend Airport

The station itself consists of a single platform north of the tracks and one shelter.[3] Passengers on eastbound trains must cross the northbound track to board or alight at this station. The station is a flag stop, and passengers must alert the conductor in advance if they want to get off. In addition, they must activate a strobe light flag stop signal if they want to get on.

Parking is available on both sides of the tracks. The parking lot on the southwest corner of Clark Road and 2nd Place is paved but not the shorter parking lot on South Bend Avenue. Access to Gary Airport is available via GPTC Route R1.

Bus connections

GPTC

  • Route R1: Lakeshore Connection[4]

References
  1. "2018 State of the System" (PDF). Metra. August 2018. p. 185.
  2. "SSL Website Map". NICTD. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. Jacob G. (October 8, 2020). Tracks at Gary/Chicago Airport, looking west. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  4. "R1: Lakeshore Connection" (PDF). Gary Public Transportation Corporation. Retrieved June 3, 2020.


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