Interurban rail service
Posted on August 15, 2008 by LuAnn Farrar
About a hundred years ago central Kentucky had a light rail service called the Inter-Urban. Which towns were served by this and how long did it last?
From Lexington: A Century in Photographs, the electric interurban train traveled from Lexington to the neighboring communities of Georgetown, Paris, Nicholasville, Versailles and Frankfort. Construction began on the lines in 1902, but were not in full operation until 1910. The interurban cars existed until 1934.
Filed under: Kentucky history
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