| Style: | NICTD | ||||||
| Hammond Gateway | |||||||
| Coordinates: | 41.631°N -87.5214°W | ||||||
| Structure: | At-grade and elevated | ||||||
| Tracks: | 3 | ||||||
| Parking: | Yes | ||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||
| Owned: | NICTD | ||||||
| Other Services Header: | Future services | ||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||
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Hammond Gateway station is a South Shore Line station in Hammond, Indiana. It is intended to serve as the interchange point to the Monon Corridor,[1] which is expected to open to revenue service in 2025.[2] Hammond Gateway station opened on October18, 2024; the previous Hammond station, located nearby, was closed on the same day.
Hammond Gateway station features three tracks— two for the original South Shore Line and one for the future Monon Corridor. An island platform between the rerouted main line tracks replaced the side platforms on the old Hammond station; a side platform will serve the Monon Corridor at an elevated single-track railroad. The two platforms will be connected via a pedestrian walkway.
Monon Corridor trains are planned to either continue to Millennium Station at peak service hours or terminate here as short turns at other times, with transfers available on the main line platform.[3] [4]
Originally, South Shore Line trains called at a station located at 4531 Hohman Avenue, which was simply named . It consisted of a pair of high-level platforms located between the crossings of Hohman and Johnson Avenues. The southern platform was a side platform that served eastbound trains to Michigan City and South Bend while the northern platform, situated between the two tracks, was an island platform that served westbound trains to Chicago. The tracks through the station were gauntlet tracks which permitted the passage of freight trains. A stucco-finished station building was located east of Hohman Avenue, south of the tracks. Early on, it featured a lunch counter, restrooms, a waiting room, and a staffed ticket counter. The station staff were later removed, with it instead only being equipped with a ticket machine.[5] To the east of the station was a parking lot with capacity for 718 cars.
The station originally had ground-level platforms, but in 1998, those were replaced with high-level platforms to allow for level boarding and increased accessibility. A new station building was constructed that year. A bench and some platform pavers were salvaged from the old depot and reused to furnish the new structure.
In 2017, the NICTD began demolition of houses between Hanover and Brunswick streets to begin construction of a new right-of-way and station.[6] The City of Hammond's financial contribution to the West Lake Corridor project was dependent on construction of the new interchange station.[7] The new station, dubbed Hammond Gateway, opened on October18, 2024;[8] the previous station, located to the east, was closed on the same day.[9] [10]