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The Star is considered a "starter" project to demostrate the effectiveness of commuter rail service to the metro Nashville area. Expansion plans include four more lines, terminating in Gallatin , Franklin , Murfreesboro and Kingston Springs . All are planned to use existing freight railroad lines.

The Star will be the first Passenger Train service of any kind for Nashville since the discontinuance of Amtrak's '' Floridian '' in 1979 . The Nashville And Eastern Line , part of the former Tennessee Central Railway , has not seen passenger service for many decades.