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- Mass transit is on everyone in Middle Tenneessee's minds right now as Nashville closes in on it's May 1st referendum. We talked to some of the people involved in the start of rail service in Metro Nashville former congressman Bob Clement, former mayor of Lebanon Don Fox, current mayor of Wilson County Randall Hutto, and current mayor of Nashville David Briley. They gave us their thoughts on Nashville's only existing commuter rail line, The Music City Star.
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"CSX wouldn't cooperate." In other words, CSX was saying, our needs to make money is more important than what the people of Middle Tennessee needs for their population growth.
Yeah, that's essentially it. I mean, I guess I understand. They're a business. They need to watch their bottom line. Seems like a missed positive PR opportunity, though. As well as a missed opportunity to be, as Bob Clement puts it, a good corporate citizen
@@5folds389 It goes past that, a few billionaires like the Koch's are invested in CSX and other highway companies and are making money on this transportation mess. They even used their money for donations to church's to spread their lies about rail service. Other railroads work with passenger carriers. Improvements for passenger benefit all trains. With PSR railroading many routes now will be abandoned by CSX and other railroads very shortly.
Why should they? Their money is important.
I think Nashville has gotten larger than just downtown maybe they could update the freeway signs also😊
I think it would be cool if they could connect the MCS to the Amtrak city of New Orleans station in Memphis so people could catch Amtrak without having to drive or take a bus.
They should buy their own tracks, it’s expensive, but it will definitely pay off. Plus, we need to connect Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville again. They are our biggest cities in Tennessee they’ll bring the most income.
Yea, we need passenger trains in Knoxville!
I would love to see a commuter service from Memphis to Nashville! I live in Memphis and we get 2 Amtrak trains a day. Both the city of New Orleans.
@@heyitshuttz3705 You lost your last passenger train when the mail and express it carried was put on trucks by GM. Bailed out GM. It was a night train cause mail moves by night. They bankrupted the private national rail system that way.
@@fluffnose3386 Yup I agree, not that Trump is gone it might happen. Trump directed Amtrak management next step was to shut down the few trains like the City of New Orleans left Oct 2021. We shut him down instead.
Wrong, tracks are taxed and taxes are added to use taxes for other forms of transportation. Music City Star is a tiny operation. Unlimited money including railroad tax money is spend on other forms of transportation. While people like the Koch's lobby against rail. So they can keep the profits rolling in for them. Many lines will be abandoned by CSX under this PSR program soon. Just a few billionaires control much of the government and plans for our country. I do agree with you.
We need Nashville to Murfreesboro to happen now! The traffic is getting out of hand on I-24 everyday.
Just the way the Koch's want it. They make money on all this. More traffic? The answer is always unlimited funding of more roads, which bring more traffic.
@@intercityrailpal Good point, I fucking hate this country sometimes.
Hell extend it to dechard
Absolutely amazing video production. Thank you for making this piece.
Franklin to Nashville would be great. Maybe even down to Thompsons station
Good stuff folks!
Thanks for watching!
OMG it’s so funny seeing old Metra cars especially cabs in service. Do the bathrooms work in those cars? Metra has disabled bathrooms in these old cars. Also, they need to buy some ADA accessible cars with wheel chair lifts.
They need a monorail
It's a real damn shame that CSX isn't being cooperative.
yet they have VRE, MARC, SunRail and TriRail running on CSX
So true. I wonder if they have the power to seize the property alongside the rails to build what they need. It’s crazy that CSX was handed the entire New York Central Tracks on a silver platter. Not sure that included grand central terminal. But CSX is famous for being real assholes when it comes to commuter rail.
It creates way too many problems.
GCT was privately owned and leased to Metro North, the guy got old and just sold it off to Metro North. I was property of the NY and Harlem River Railroad.
This video shows how to use the train, if you happen to be in the area. th-cam.com/video/sVss5Ylr3uM/w-d-xo.html
It’s sounds nice, but they need to increase the schedule, it’s hard to work with only a handful of AM trains.
And this the only city with commuter train n Tennessee lol
And people still find a way to complain about it.
I wish they would take it all the way to Knoxville.
@@TimLucasdesigntoo slow for that. Amtrak can deal with that
Dont back down is my moto Nashville fight
Why are their trains only 2-3 cars? Most trains have 4-6. Also the trains themselves need a revamp in livery and interiors
Nashville and the area doesn't have the population of the Chicago Area, even on special event days in Nashville would NEVER match the millions of commuters in the Chicago region Monday through Friday, even weekends.
@@Harveycartoonlvr11 that's because its not built and not convenient to use.
@@Harveycartoonlvr11 Not true, ridership is held back by lack of service and connections. Chicago is only for the super rich that work downtown, to go anywhere across the region you have to change trains, stations across town. When you drive you don't go downtown first! It's a old system with newer cars. For the super rich to commute downtown and the getto people to go out and clean their houses in the afternoon, watch the kids and walk the dogs. Has nothing to do with population. Nashville's issue is government is controlled by the billionaire Koch people.
@@intercityrailpalExcuse me, I worked in the Loop for 25 Years, and I live in the Ghetto and I'm far from super rich. What's this Getto People Shit you talking about? But I'll agree with you on this, if more people would realize how more conveinent getting into Nashville would be by Train to a number of events. The market is there, I'm hearing that I-24 is a mess everyday.
@@Harveycartoonlvr11 I'm from the NY Getto .
This is terrible...llyyy amazing :)
Ha. Thank ya
The music city star is honestly a joke that no one uses. We need a way to get from one part of Nashville to the other.
Nice one trying to derail the hype train :/