Miller (NICTD)

MILLER
NICTD train about to depart from Miller station
Station statistics
Address	U.S. Highway 12 and Lake Street Gary, Indiana
Coordinates	41°35′52″N 87°16′6″W / 41.59778°N 87.26833°W / 41.59778; -87.26833
Lines	South Shore Line
Connections	Gary Public Transportation Corporation
Other information
Electrified	yes
Owned by	NICTD
Fare zone	5
Services
Preceding station   NICTD   Following station Gary Metro Center toward Millennium Station South Shore Line Portage / Ogden Dunes toward South Bend Airport

Miller is a South Shore Line commuter station serving the neighborhood of Miller Beach in eastern Gary, Indiana. The Miller stop is one of three NICTD electric train stations within the current municipal boundaries of Gary.

The Miller community, now more commonly known as Miller Beach, is physically separated from the city of Gary and from other municipalities in Northwest Indiana by parcels of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The national park's Douglas Center for Environmental Education and it's Miller Woods hiking trails are a mere 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of the Miller NICTD train station.

On October 30, 2007, the executive director of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission announced that the current plan calls for the Miller station to be closed at an undisclosed date.^[1] This plan was met with fierce opposition from Miller residents as well as commuters from other neighboring communities who use Miller Station. Miller Station commuters objected to being forced to use the new Gary central station.^[2] On August 12, 2008, Gateway Partners, the developers behind the new project, announced their intention to revamp their proposal in response to controversy.^[3] There have been no news on the matter since.

Bus connections

GPTC

• Route 13: Oak and County Line
• Route 14: Woodlake Village Shuttle (Suspended indefinitely)

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ http://indianagateway.com/images/newsscans/GatewayTrainStation_08_12_08.pdf

External links

Media related to Miller (NICTD) at Wikimedia Commons

• South Shore Line - Stations
• South Shore Railfan.net
• Gateway Partners' Official Website

Coordinates: 41°35′52″N 87°16′6″W / 41.59778°N 87.26833°W / 41.59778; -87.26833