The is a short line
Railroad which administers 130 miles of track between
Nashville, Tennessee and
Monterey, Tennessee , of which, 110 miles are currently operational. The company is based in
Lebanon, Tennessee .
Nashville and Eastern was formed in the
1980s to reestablish freight service from Nashville to Lebanon. The railroad provides freight shipping services to more than 30 companies. It also runs occasional passenger excursion trains from Nashville to
Cookeville or
Watertown in cooperation with the
Tennessee Central Railway Museum in Nashville. The tracks that it operates were originally operated by the
Tennessee Central Railway Company , which went out of business in
1968 .
The railroad will be the home of the new
Music City Star Commuter Rail service between Nashville and Lebanon. Service is scheduled to begin in the spring of
2006 . The service will be operated by the Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville's public transportation agency.
