Madison Railroad
Madison, indiana
"Local Service Nationwide”
Madison Railroad in Southern Indiana is your choice for an affordable, accessible and centrally located solution to grow your business.
Railroads are the most economical, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transportation
Service is Our Business
We are a shortline freight-only railroad, which means that we solely serve industry in southern Indiana with rail connections linking our region to the national network. We focus on the first-mile freight moves, while the major railroads focus on the long haul. This collaboration allows us to offer the best in both over the road and local freight service.
Our Footprint
Madison Railroad operates a 25-mile mainline extending from Madison to North Vernon, Indiana. In addition to the mainline, the Madison Railroad owns and operates 14 miles of railroad track within a 3,400-acre industrial park in the former Jefferson Proving Grounds offering railcar and locomotive storage.
In 2022, we purchased 22-acres in Madison dedicated to expanding our regional transloading capabilities.
We haul a variety of commodities, including polyethylene, coal by-products and steel. We partner with our communities to provide competitive service, economic growth incentives, and site-development services.
Madison Railroad provides high-quality customer service in a cost-effective, competitive, manner.
First Flare & Repair
First Flare has partnered with the Madison Railroad to flare tank cars prior to change of service, repair, cleaning, lease return or scrapping. First Flare’s services are available in Madison WITHOUT costly mobilization fees.
Road & Rail
Road & Rail provides award-winning railcar and locomotive repair services in Madison covering a wide scope of services which include railcar inspection, mobile repairs, and home shop repairs.
Hilex Poly
Hilex Poly, a Novolex brand offers a complete line of specialty plastic bags fitting the needs in the food service, retail, grocery and C-store markets.
Meese
Meese designs and manufactures rotomolded plastic products for a wide variety of markets.
Target Metal Blanking
TMB provides slit coil and sheets in any configuration. Our metal blanking capabilities are expanded to include cut-to-length blanks, configured blanks, trapezoid & parallelogram blanks as well as chevron blanks in both exposed and unexposed surface conditions.
Exegistics
Exegistics operates a 45,000 sq ft rail-served warehouse specializing in logistics and distribution including full inventory management.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”)
North Muscatatuck River Bridge Replacement Project
Madison Railroad, a Division of the City of Madison Port Authority, is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide engineering support services for a railroad bridge replacement in Vernon, Indiana. The project is partially funded through the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Fiscal Year 2023-24 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant program. The Railroad prepared preliminary engineering plans and coordinated with FRA on the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act and other federal laws as pre-obligation requirements for the Final Design/Construction grant. Support is now needed to complete final design, prepare construction bid documents, obtain permits, implement environmental mitigation measures, and provide construction engineering support services. Proposals must be submitted electronically before 3:00 PM EST on November 30, 2026, to: arobillard@madisonrailroad.com.
North Muscatatuck River Bridge Replacement Project “RFP” Packet
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:7ba30a7a-d626-4182-bed8-2ef1184bc685
