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The Music City Star is a regional rail service running between Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee. The service uses the existing trackage of the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. The line currently has six stops: Riverfront Station (western terminus), Donelson, Hermitage, Mt. Juliet, Martha (Hwy 109 & Hwy 70), and Lebanon (eastern terminus). The operation covers 32 miles (52 km) of rail line. Service began on September 18, 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 231 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Traincar for the Music City Star passenger rail line in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 231 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Traincar for the Music City Star passenger rail line in Nashville, Tennessee. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. ... This short line railroad operates between Nashville, Tennessee and nearby Lebanon. ... Nashville Riverfront is a station on Nashvilles regional rail line, the Music City Star. ... Donelson, Tennessee is an unincorporated suburb of Nashville, Tennessee located east of downtown Nashville along U.S. Highway 70. ... Hermitage, Tennessee is a section of Nashville, Tennessee located in eastern Davidson County, adjacent to, and named in honor of, The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. ... City nickname: The City Between The Lakes Location in the state of Tennessee County Wilson County, Tennessee Area  - Total  - Water 42. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The Star is considered a "starter" project to demonstrate the effectiveness of commuter rail service to the metro Nashville area. Expansion plans include four more lines, terminating in Gallatin, Franklin, Murfreesboro, and Dickson. All are planned to use existing CSX Transportation railroad lines. The planned five lines meet in central Nashville in a star formation, hence the name of the system, which also alludes to the city's many country music stars. Gallatin is a city in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. ... Franklin is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, USA. The population was 41,842 at the 2000 census, and as of 2007, the population is at 48,593. ... Downtown Murfreesboro, Tennessee Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. ... Dickson is a city in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. ... CSX Transportation (AAR reporting marks CSXT) is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... “Megastar” redirects here. ...

The Star's locomotives are F-40 locomotives that were previously used by Amtrak. The passenger cars were acquired through federal transfer of interest from Chicago's Metra commuter rail system, originally built in the 1960's and rebuilt between 1999 and 2000. The color scheme is identical to Metra's. Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Metra (officially the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is Chicagolands commuter rail system, serving over 200 stations on 11 lines across the Regional Transportation Authoritys six-county service area (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties) providing over 67 million rides annually. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Star is the first passenger train service of any kind for Nashville since the discontinuation of Amtrak's Floridian in 1979. The Nashville and Eastern line, part of the former Tennessee Central Railway, had not seen passenger service for many decades prior to the Star. This article is about trains in rail transport. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... The Floridian is a former Amtrak route running from Chicago directly to Miami. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... This short line railroad operates between Nashville, Tennessee and nearby Lebanon. ... The Tennessee Central Railway Company was founded in 1884 as The Nashville and Knoxville Railroad Company. ...

External links

• Music City Star website