Railroad Name: | Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad |
Locale: | Michigan |
Start Year: | 1887 |
End Year: | 1897 |
Successor Line: | Pere Marquette Railway |
The Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad is a defunct, nineteenth century railroad, formerly operating in Michigan. Incorporated May 17, 1887, it built a 53-mile line from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Grand Ledge, as well as the Ramona Branch, both of which it leased to the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad.[1] The former still exists as part of the CSX line into Grand Rapids, Michigan.