All aboard: Commuter Rail and Tennessee- the future or a boondoggle?
January 9, 2012 by Devin Greaney · Leave a Comment
The Music City Star at Mount Juliet.
At Nashville’s Riverfront Station, I board the Music City Star commuter train for the 16.7mile-route from Nashville to Mount Juliet. This train departed at 4:20 PM – right on schedule. The cost is $5 one way, $9.00 for round trip. The car is about half full of people who seem to be enjoying themselves, talking about friends and TV shows. Some are in their own universe listening to music. But no one is stressed out about traffic. In June, according to the Regional Transit Authority, there were just fewer than 27,000 passenger trips or 1, 228 per day ( the train does not run on weekends) .
