A traveler walks toward the Greyhound bus station terminal in Chicago on Aug. 27, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) “It’s going to mean so much throughout Northwest Indiana,” Melton said.

As the end date of Greyhound’s lease at its downtown Chicago bus station approaches, the company has begun routing more buses through Gary, Indiana, a new analysis of bus schedules shows.

“This bus station needs to be here,” Henry Jr. said. Greyhound and other lines with service in Chicago are part of a web of routes that allow passengers to travel between several thousand ...