Purple Line (IndyGo)

IndyGo Purple Line
Overview
System	IndyGo Rapid
Operator	Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation
Vehicle	BYD RIDE K11 articulated buses
Status	Operational
Began service	October 13, 2024
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Start	Julia M. Carson Transit Center in Downtown Indianapolis
Via	38th Street
End	Fort Harrison Station in Lawrence
Length	15.2 miles (24.5 km)
Stations	31

The Purple Line is a bus rapid transit line operated by IndyGo in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened on October 13, 2024, with 31 stations on 15.2 miles (24.5 km) between Downtown Indianapolis and Lawrence. The Purple Line shares stations with the Red Line from the Julia M. Carson Transit Center to 38th Street, north of downtown, and continues east on 38th Street.

The Purple Line was one of five bus rapid transit lines proposed by IndyGo in the early 2010s. It was originally envisioned as an entirely east–west crosstown line between Lafayette Square and Lawrence that would replace existing routes 38 and 39.

Station listing

There are 31 stations on the Purple Line, of which 13 are shared with the Red Line (Route 90).

Station	Type	Opened	City	Connections	Notes
Fort Harrison	Center Island	October 13, 2024	Lawrence		Serves Ivy Tech's Lawrence Campus, Fort Harrison State Park
56th Street	Median Station				south of 56th Street; serves the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) headquarters (MG Emmett J. Bean Federal Center)
Pendleton Pike					south of Pendleton Pike (US 36/SR 67)
42nd Street				Routes 30, 87	north of 42nd Street
Post/38th			Indianapolis	Route 87	north of 38th Street
Alsace					east of Alsace Place
Franklin				Route 30	east of Franklin Road
Richardt					east of Richardt Street
Shadeland					west of Shadeland Avenue
Arlington				Route 3	west of Arlington Avenue
Layman					at Layman Avenue
Emerson					west of Emerson Avenue
Arthington					east of Arthington Boulevard
Sherman				Route 5	west of Sherman Drive
Meadows				Route 4	east of Meadows Drive/Oxford Street
Keystone				Routes 4, 26	east of Keystone Avenue
Orchard				Routes 2, 4	west of Orchard Avenue
State Fairgrounds				Routes 2, 4	east of Coliseum Avenue; serves the Indiana State Fairgrounds/Corteva Coliseum
Park		September 1, 2019		Routes 2, 4, 38, 90	at Park Avenue; Red Line SB converges/NB diverges with the Purple Line at College Avenue and 38th Street (two blocks east)
Meridian/38th	Center Island			Routes 28, 90	south of 38th Street
34th Street				Route 90	north of 34th Street
30th/Museum				Routes 30, 90	north of 30th Street; serves the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Fall Creek/Ivy Tech				Route 90	north of Fall Creek Parkway North Drive; serves Ivy Tech's Downtown Indianapolis Campus
22nd Street				Route 90	south of 22nd Street
18th Street				Route 90	north of 18th Street
IU Health				Route 90	south of 18th Street; serves IU Health Methodist Hospital
14th Street				Route 90	north of 14th Street
9th Street				Route 90	south of 9th Street at Arch Street
Vermont				Routes 3, 6, 10, 15, 34, 37, 90	north of Vermont Street
Statehouse				Routes 8, 24, 90	south of Court Street, north of Washington Street; serves the Indiana Statehouse
Julia M. Carson Transit Center	Transit Center Bay	June 26, 2016		Routes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 34, 37, 38, 56, 90	NB Bay "D"; Red Line NB Bay "G", SB Bay "L"

See also

• Transportation in Indianapolis

External links

• IndyGo Purple Line home page