Hammond Gateway station

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,^[2][3][4] it is expected to open to revenue service in 2025.^[5] It will replace Hammond station, located about 0.15 miles (0.24 km) to the east.^[4] The City of Hammond's financial contribution to the West Lake Corridor project was dependent on construction of this station.^[1] In 2017, the NICTD began demolition of houses between Hanover and Brunswick streets to begin construction.^[6]

Hammond Gateway
Hammond Gateway station, with the future West Lake Corridor in the background (June 2024)
General information
Location	Hammond, Indiana
Coordinates	41.631047°N 87.521384°W / 41.631047; -87.521384
Owned by	NICTD
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3[1]
Construction
Structure type	at-grade and elevated
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opening	2025
Electrified	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
Future services
Preceding station NICTD Following station Hegewisch toward Millennium Station South Shore Line East Chicago toward South Bend Airport West Lake Corridor South Hammond toward Munster/Dyer Main Street Terminus
Route map Legend to Chicago to South Bend Airport to Munster/Dyer Main Street This diagram: view talk edit
Location

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.^[1]

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.^[3][4]

References

1. Bierschenk, Ed (July 19, 2017). "Hammond may make a new commitment to the proposed South Shore extension". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
2. Steele, Andrew (October 28, 2020). "WATCH NOW: 8-mile rail line from Hammond to Dyer is on way". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
3. Simón, Marisol R.; Noland, Michael; Federal Transit Administration; USDoT; US Army Corps of Engineers (December 2, 2016). West Lake Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Chapter 2: Alternatives Considered) (PDF) (Report). NICTD. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
4. "Chapter 2 Alternatives Considered" (PDF). NICTD. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
5. "Holcomb announces construction to begin on the West Lake Corridor Project". The Crusader. October 31, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
6. Gonzalez, Michael. "Train plans unsettle Hammond neighborhood". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.