Hammond Gateway station explained

Style:NICTD
Hammond Gateway
Coordinates:41.631°N -87.5214°W
Structure:at-grade and elevated
Tracks:3
Parking:Yes
Opening:2025
Accessible:Yes
Owned:NICTD
Other Services Header:Future services
Mapframe:yes
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Shape:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:15
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Hammond Gateway is a planned rail station on the South Shore Line in Hammond, Indiana. Intended to serve as the interchange point to the West Lake Corridor,[1] [2] [3] it is expected to open to revenue service in 2025.[4] It will replace Hammond station, located about to the east. The City of Hammond's financial contribution to the West Lake Corridor project was dependent on construction of this station.[5] In 2017, the NICTD began demolition of houses between Hanover and Brunswick streets to begin construction.[6]

Layout and services

Gateway Station features three tracks – two for the original South Shore Line and one for West Lake Corridor services. An island platform between the rerouted main line tracks will serve as replacement for the old Hammond station, and will be connected via pedestrian walkway to a side platform along the single elevated West Lake Corridor track.

West Lake 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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Steele . Andrew . WATCH NOW: 8-mile rail line from Hammond to Dyer is on way . 1 November 2020 . The Times of Northwest Indiana . 28 October 2020.
  2. West Lake Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Chapter 2: Alternatives Considered). Simón. Marisol R.. Noland. Michael. 2 December 2016. NICTD. Federal Transit Administration. USDoT. US Army Corps of Engineers. 16 July 2017. Federal Transit Administration. United States Department of Transportation. United States Army Corps of Engineers.
  3. Web site: Chapter 2 Alternatives Considered . NICTD . 18 July 2020.
  4. News: Holcomb announces construction to begin on the West Lake Corridor Project . 1 November 2020 . The Crusader . 31 October 2020 . November 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101224403/https://chicagocrusader.com/holcomb-announces-construction-to-begin-on-the-west-lake-corridor-project/ . dead .
  5. News: Bierschenk . Ed . Hammond may make a new commitment to the proposed South Shore extension . November 1, 2020 . The Times of Northwest Indiana . July 19, 2017.
  6. News: Gonzalez. Michael. Train plans unsettle Hammond neighborhood. chicagotribune.com. 18 July 2020.