Indianapolis–Logansport/Peru Line

Indianapolis–Logansport/Peru Line
North Street in Noblesville, 1904
Overview
LocaleIndiana
Termini
Service
SystemIndiana Union Traction Company (1903–1930)
Indiana Railroad (1930–1938)
History
OpenedOctober 31, 1903 (1903-10-31)
ClosedSeptember 6, 1938 (1938-09-06) (passenger)
September 11, 1938 (1938-09-11) (freight)
Technical
CharacterInterurban
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route

Peru
Logansport
Bunker Hill
Miami
Walton
Lincoln
Bennett's
Galveston
abandoned 1930
Kokomo
Fairfield
Sharpsville
Jackson
Tipton
to Alexandria
Atlanta
Arcadia
Cicero
Noblesville
Carmel
Nora
Broad Ripple
to Muncie, Marion
Indianapolis

The Indianapolis–Logansport/Peru Line was an interurban railway line in Indiana. Opening in 1903, it ran north from Indianapolis to Kokomo where it split to two branches, one running to Logansport and the other to Peru. It would provide interchanges with several other interurban railroads in the region, including the Winona Interurban Railway which would form a spine of services in the center of the state running north and south, as well as the Indiana Service Corporation line to Fort Wayne. The segment between Kokomo and Logansport was abandoned in 1930, but the Peru line would continue under the consolidated Indiana Railroad to be incorporated into one of the company's two routes between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. Rail services ceased in 1938, replaced by buses and trucking.