Terminal Arcade - THI&E Interurban Station
A nighttime view of the Terminal Arcade building in downtown Terre Haute, Indiana. This was the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern's- and later (the original) Indiana Railroad's- terminal for interurban services radiating from the city. The terminal was built at an odd angle to the street, slightly askew. Cars stopped and loaded passengers and express/baggage in the street. From the 1890s until a couple years into the Great Depression, interurban lines ran north to Clinton and south to Sullivan from Terre Haute, along with the busy route to Indianapolis. For a while, THI&E's 'Highlander', a limited-stop service from the Indianapolis Traction Terminal, served this station. Upon absorbtion of the THI&E into Samuel Insull's Indiana Railroad in the early '30s, the branch lines from here were abandoned, leaving the line to Indianapolis to soldier on until 1940. The next year, the Indiana Railroad would give up operations for good.
Fortunately, and despite numerous threats of demolition over the years, the Terminal Arcade has survived intact, and is now a bar.
Terminal Arcade - THI&E Interurban Station
A nighttime view of the Terminal Arcade building in downtown Terre Haute, Indiana. This was the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern's- and later (the original) Indiana Railroad's- terminal for interurban services radiating from the city. The terminal was built at an odd angle to the street, slightly askew. Cars stopped and loaded passengers and express/baggage in the street. From the 1890s until a couple years into the Great Depression, interurban lines ran north to Clinton and south to Sullivan from Terre Haute, along with the busy route to Indianapolis. For a while, THI&E's 'Highlander', a limited-stop service from the Indianapolis Traction Terminal, served this station. Upon absorbtion of the THI&E into Samuel Insull's Indiana Railroad in the early '30s, the branch lines from here were abandoned, leaving the line to Indianapolis to soldier on until 1940. The next year, the Indiana Railroad would give up operations for good.
Fortunately, and despite numerous threats of demolition over the years, the Terminal Arcade has survived intact, and is now a bar.