WeGo Star

WeGo Star
Three ex-Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotives in use by the WeGo Star lined up within the Lebanon, Tennessee yards. The third F40PH on the far right is painted in its original Pacific Surfliner scheme; all three locomotives have since been repainted.
Overview
Owner	Tennessee Department of Transportation
Locale	Nashville Metropolitan Area
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of stations	7
Annual ridership	125,900 (2024)[1]
Website	wegotransit.com
Operation
Began operation	September 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)
Operator(s)	Tennessee Regional Transportation Authority
Reporting marks	NRTX
Number of vehicles	4 locomotives 11 coaches
Train length	2-3 gallery cars
Technical
System length	32 mi (51 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Average speed	37 mph (60 km/h)
Top speed	79 mph (127 km/h)
System map WeGo Star highlighted in purple Show interactive map Legend Dist. Station 0 mi Riverfront I-24 Connection to CSX SR 155 Briley Parkway US 70 Lebanon Pike Radon Cut-off 10 mi 16 km Donelson Stones River 15 mi 24 km Hermitage 19 mi 31 km Mt. Juliet 25 mi 40 km Martha US 70 Lebanon Road 28 mi 45 km Hamilton Springs US 70 Baddour Parkway 32 mi 51 km Lebanon Nashville and Eastern Railroad All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The WeGo Star (reporting mark NRTX), formerly the Music City Star, is a commuter rail service running between Nashville and Lebanon, Tennessee. The service uses the existing track of the Nashville and Eastern Railroad. The line stops at seven stations: Riverfront (Nashville), Donelson, Hermitage, Mt. Juliet, Martha, Hamilton Springs and Lebanon. The operation covers 32 miles (51 km) of rail line. Service began on September 18, 2006.^[2] In 2024, the line had a ridership of 125,900.^[1]

The Star is considered a "starter" project to demonstrate the effectiveness of commuter rail service to the metro Nashville area. Expansion plans include as many as six more lines, terminating in Gallatin, Columbia, Murfreesboro, Dickson, Springfield, and Clarksville via Ashland City. All are planned to use existing CSX Transportation railroad lines. The planned seven lines meet in central Nashville in a star formation, hence the original name of the system, which also alludes to the city's many country music stars.

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, with the exception of excursion trains operated by the Tennessee Central Railway Museum and the Broadway Dinner Train.