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The Indianapolis Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by
An Index to Butler County Place Names: Junction Railroad
, as of June 25, 2005 Through takeovers, leases, and mergers, it became part of the
The Indianapolis Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
in the U.S. states of Ohio and Indiana. The line runs from Hamilton, Ohio
Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located north of Cincinnati, Hamilton is the second largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th largest city in Ohio. The population was 63,399 at th ...
, (north of Cincinnati) west to Indianapolis, Indiana, along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
line.
The east end of the Indianapolis Subdivision is at the end of a branch of the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision, near the south end of the Toledo Subdivision
The Toledo Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Hamilton (north of Cincinnati) north to Perrysburg (near Toledo) along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line ...
. Its west end is just east of downtown Indianapolis at the Indianapolis Terminal Subdivision
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of U.S. state and territorial capitals, state capital and List of U.S. states' largest cities by population, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat, seat of ...
.
History
The line was built by the Junction Railroad, opened from 1859 to 1869.compiled by Jim BlountAn Index to Butler County Place Names: Junction Railroad
, as of June 25, 2005 Through takeovers, leases, and mergers, it became part of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
and later CSX.
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