Murfreesboro, TN
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Nashville, TN (31.3 mi).
About Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. The population was 152,769 at the 2020 census. Located 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville, it is part of the Nashville metropolitan area in Middle Tennessee.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Small-city terminal (parametric range $0.5–1B) | $0.75B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.0× on $200M base | $200M |
| Track: Murfreesboro → Nashville | 31.3 mi × $500M/mi | $15.7B |
| Annual operations (share) | Staffing, power, maintenance | $15M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $16.6B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
A greenfield site at the I-24 / Medical Center Parkway interchange. The Medical Center Parkway interchange is Murfreesboro's commercial heart, with greenfield parcels and the city's hospital and retail concentration. The site serves Middle Tennessee State University's 20,000-plus students and the Nashville commuter shed.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Smyrna, TN — manufacturing town on the I-24 corridor.
- La Vergne, TN — Rutherford County suburb.
- The Stones River battlefield corridor — historic-area infill.