Need a lift? Here’s how to get around town Getting around in Greater Lafayette and to locations around the region is generally by car, train, taxi or bus. Limo services to the Indianapolis and Chicago airports are available with a variety of pickup locations around Lafayette and West Lafayette. Here are the transportation options currently available. PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT
Current services: The airport is used by private aircraft and for Purdue aircraft. It serves as headquarters for limo services to Indianapolis and Chicago airports and car rental services. Contact: 1501 Aviation Drive, West Lafayette, 765743-3442, www.purdue.edu/ airport LIMO SERVICE TO AIRPORTS
Lafayette Limo Transports passengers between Lafayette and West Lafayette to Indianapolis International Airport. Shuttles leave from the company office, University Inn, Follett’s Purdue West, the Purdue Memorial Union and Best Western Lafayette. Contact: 765-497-3828, 2525 Klondike Road, West Lafayette, www.lafayette limo.com
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ELI LILLY AND CO. TIPPECANOE LABORATORIES
Where: 1650 Lilly Road, Lafayette Arrived in Lafayette: 1954 Number of employees: 780 What it produces: Tippecanoe Labs produces the
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Cost: $25 one-way and $50 round trip Express Air Coach Transports passengers between West Lafayette and Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports. Reservations are required 48 hours in advance, and shuttles leave from the Purdue Airport, Purdue West across from McCutcheon Hall and Ford Dining Hall. Contact: 765-743-3120, www.expressaircoach.com Cost: $69 one-way to O’Hare and $59 one-way to Midway CITYBUS
CityBus is the main bus line through Lafayette, West Lafayette and Purdue University. Wait at any designated bus stop. Contact: www.gocity bus.com, 765-742-RIDE (7433) Cost: $1 per trip, free for Purdue and Ivy Tech students, faculty and staff. Free to youth ages 7 to 12 with an annual student pass, 50 cents for elderly and disabled or Medicare patients
The Lafayette Limo shuttle bus pulls away from the Union Club with passengers after making its 10:55 a.m. stop in West Lafayette. FILE PHOTO/JOURNAL & COURIER
or www.greyhound.com Cost: Varies by destination AMTRAK
Amtrak serves hundreds of locations across the country. Its station is located in Lafayette. Contact: 200 N. Second St., Lafayette, 800-872-7245, www.amtrak.com
TAXI
Four Star Taxi A local cab service that does door-to-door service 24 hours a day. Contact: 765-742-8400 or 765-448-6150 City Cab A local cab service that does door-to-door service 24 hours per day Contact: 765-477-1234
GREYHOUND
Greyhound is located in Lafayette and has hundreds of destinations across the country. Contact: 200 N. Second St., Lafayette, 800-231-2222 active pharmaceutical ingredients for Lilly products including Gemzar, Alimta and Cialis. Interesting fact: Eli Lilly and Co. decided to build Tippecanoe Labs to help the company fulfill an expected increase in the demand for penicillin, brought on by the Korean War. But the war ended in 1953, one year before the plant opened.
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