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The first railroad to reach Indianapolis was the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, which began service there in 1847. Competing railroads began connecting Indianapolis to other locations, but each had its own station in various parts of the young city, creating problems for passengers and freight alike.
Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad: Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad: PRR: 1866 1890 Vandalia Railroad: J.K. Line, Inc. JKL 1990 2002 N/A Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad: NYC: 1854 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation: Junction Railroad: B&O: 1848 1878 Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad: Kentucky ...
Transportation in Indianapolis consists of a complex network that includes a local public bus system, several private intercity bus providers, Amtrak passenger rail service, four freight rail lines, an Interstate Highway System, an airport, a heliport, bikeshare system, 115 miles (185 km) of bike lanes, and 116 miles (187 km) of trails and greenways.
The St. Louis Line Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Indiana and Illinois.The line runs from Indianapolis, Indiana, west-southwesterly to East St. Louis, Illinois, [1] along a former Conrail line, partly former New York Central Railroad trackage and partly former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage.
The Indianapolis Union Railway Company (reporting mark IU), is a terminal railroad operating in Indianapolis, Indiana.It was organized on May 31, 1850, as the Union Track Railway Company by the presidents of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (M&I), the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad (TH&R), and the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad (I&B) for the purposes of establishing and ...
The Indiana Southern Railroad (reporting mark ISRR) is a Class III, short line railroad operating in the United States state of Indiana. It began operations in 1992 as a RailTex property [ 1 ] and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000.
The Central Railroad of Indianapolis (reporting mark CERA) is a Class III short-line railroad that operates approximately 60 miles (97 km) miles of track in north central Indiana, connecting Marion, Indiana with Hartford City, Amboy, and Kokomo, Indiana.
The viaduct was constructed by Indianapolis Southern Railway and secretly financed by Illinois Central Railroad. It was built for train travel to transport coal from Greene County mines to large cities, such as Chicago. Passenger trains once traveled across the viaduct, but passenger service was discontinued in 1948. [4]