Hammond Gateway
Hammond Gateway station, with the future Monon Corridor in the background (June 2024)
General information
Location	4530 Sheffield Avenue[1] Hammond, Indiana
Coordinates	41°37′52″N87°31′17″W / 41.631047°N 87.521384°W /41.631047; -87.521384
Owned by	NICTD
Platforms	1island platform, 1side platform
Tracks	3[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade and elevated
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 18, 2024; 13 months ago (2024-10-18)
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Hegewisch towardMillennium Station South Shore Line East Chicago towardSouth Bend Airport
Future services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Terminus Monon Corridor South Hammond towardMunster/Dyer Main Street Hegewisch towardMillennium Station Monon Corridor peak hours
Track layout Legend toMillennium Station Illinois Indiana 1, 2: New routes 3: Former route Monon Corridorto Munster/Dyer Main Street   Sheffield Ave. former station building toSouth Bend Airport This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Hammond Gateway station is aSouth Shore Line station inHammond, Indiana. It is intended to serve as the interchange point to theMonon Corridor,^[3] which is expected to open to revenue service in 2025.^[4] Hammond Gateway station opened on October 18, 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. Anisland platform between the rerouted main line tracks replaced the side platforms on the old Hammond station; aside platform will serve the Monon Corridor at an elevated single-track railroad. The two platforms will be connected via a pedestrian walkway.^[2]

Monon Corridor trains are planned to either continue to Millennium Station at peak service hours or terminate here asshort turns at other times, with transfers available on the main line platform.^[5][6]

Originally, South Shore Line trains called at a station located at 4531 Hohman Avenue, which was simply namedHammond station.[1] It consisted of a pair of high-level platforms located between the crossings of Hohman and Johnson Avenues. The southern platform was aside platform that served eastbound trains to Michigan City and South Bend while the northern platform, situated between the two tracks, was anisland platform that served westbound trains to Chicago. The tracks through the station weregauntlet tracks which permitted the passage of freight trains. Astucco-finishedstation 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.^[7] The station staff were later removed, with it instead only being equipped with aticket machine.^[8] To the east of the station was a parking lot with capacity for 718 cars.^[8]

The station originally had ground-level platforms, but in 1998, those were replaced with high-level platforms to allow for level boarding and increasedaccessibility. A newstation building was constructed that year.^[9] A bench and some platform pavers were salvaged from the old depot and reused to furnish the new structure.^[10]

In 2017, the NICTD began demolition of houses between Hanover and Brunswick streets to begin construction of a new right-of-way and station.^[11] The City of Hammond's financial contribution to the West Lake Corridor project was dependent on construction of the new interchange station.^[2] The new station, dubbedHammond Gateway, opened on October 18, 2024;^[12] the previous station, located 0.15 miles (0.24 km) to the east,^[6] was closed on the same day.^[1][12][13]

• Longest, David E. (2007).Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing.ISBN 978-0-7385-4131-0.OL 7901853M.
• Ogorek, Cynthia L. (2012).Along the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Rail Line. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina:Arcadia Publishing.ISBN 978-0-738-59419-4.OL 25977909M.

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• Railway stations in the United States opened in 2024
• 2024 establishments in Indiana

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