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{{Short description|Railway station in Gary, Indiana}}
{{infobox station
| style = Amtrak |style2 = Amtrak old
| name = Gary, IN
| image = File:Gary PRR station, June 1978.jpg
| caption = Gary station in June 1978
| address = 5th Street and Chase Street<br />[[Gary, Indiana]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41.6028|-87.3758|display=inline,title}}
| line = [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]<br />[[Conrail]]
| opened = {{circa|1907}}
| closed = May 3, 1991
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Calumet|left1=Indiana Harbor|right1=Gary (Broadway)
|line2=Broadway Limited|left2=Chicago|right2=Valparaiso|note-mid2=(until 1979)
|line3=Capitol Limited|left3=Hammond–Whiting|right3=Valparaiso|note-mid3=(until 1985)
|system4=Pennsylvania Railroad
|line4=Main|left4=Clarke|right4=Gary (Broadway)
|line5=Valparaiso Local|left5=Buffington|right5=Gary (Broadway)
}}
}}
'''Gary station''' was a [[railway station]] in [[Gary, Indiana]]. It was located at 5th and Chase Streets, initially serving the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].<ref name=Calumet1939>{{cite book |title=The Calumet Region Historical Guide |date=1939 |publisher=The Garman Printing Co. |pages=147–149 |url=https://www.csu.edu/cerc/researchreports/documents/CalumetRegionHistoricalGuide1939.pdf}}</ref>

==History==
Gary first appeared on Pennsylvania Railroad time cards on June 23, 1907, a year after the town was founded.<ref name=Calumet1939 /> It was served by several of the railroad's named trains, including the ''[[Liberty Limited]]'', ''[[General (train)|General]]'', ''[[Trail Blazer (train)|Trail Blazer]]'', ''[[Manhattan Limited]]'', and ''[[Admiral (train)|Admiral]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania Railroad |url=https://streamlinermemories.info/PRR/PRR54-1TT.pdf |via=Streamliner Memories |publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad |pages=10, 12, 20–21 |date=January 18, 1954}}</ref>

[[Amtrak]] took over most passenger rail operations in 1971, but the ''[[Calumet (train)|Calumet]]'' continued to be operated by [[Penn Central Transportation]] (the successor to the Pennsylvania Railroad) until 1979. That same year, the ''[[Broadway Limited]]'' was rerouted around Gary.<ref>{{Sanders-Heartland}}</ref>{{rp|23}} The ''[[Capitol Limited]]'' was inaugurated in 1981, which reinstated intercity services to the station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19811025&item=0033 |title=National Train Timetables |last=Amtrak |author-link=Amtrak |date=October 25, 1981 |access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref> However, Gary was again dropped on April 28, 1985. Amtrak service ceased entirely after May 3, 1991 when the ''Calumet'' was discontinued.

==See also==
{{Gary stations|collapse=y}}
*[[Union Station (Gary, Indiana)]] — former joint [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] and [[New York Central Railroad]] depot
*[[Adam Benjamin Metro Center]] — modern [[South Shore Line]] station in Gary

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Amtrak Indiana stations}}
{{PRR Main Line stations}}

[[Category:Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations]]
[[Category:Former Amtrak stations in Indiana]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907]]
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1991]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Lake County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gary, Indiana]]
[[Category:Demolished railway stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Transportation in Gary, Indiana]]

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