MUSIC CITY
LOOP

What is the Music City Loop?

The Music City Loop is The Boring Company's underground transportation project in Nashville, Tennessee. The system is intended to move passengers directly between stations using all-electric vehicles traveling through dedicated tunnels beneath the city.

The project was publicly announced in July 2025 as a connection between downtown Nashville and Nashville International Airport. Since then, the publicly described network has expanded to include the Lower Broadway and West End corridors, additional downtown destinations, private-property stations and a much larger potential station network.

Unlike a conventional rail line, Loop is designed around point-to-point trips. Passengers would enter a vehicle at one station and travel directly to their destination without stopping at every station along the way.

Where will the Music City Loop go?

The State of Tennessee says the system will connect downtown Nashville to BNA and Lower Broadway to West End. The Boring Company reported in August 2026 that its executed TDOT permit and lease authorize approximately 25 miles of tunnel within state right-of-way.

That does not mean 25 miles of tunnel are already complete. It describes the corridor authorized under the state agreement. Individual branches, station connections and property-specific alignments continue to move through planning, design and permitting.

More than 40 stations are in the pipeline

The Boring Company said in its August 2026 Nashville update that it was working with property owners on more than 40 stations in various stages of planning and design. The company has not released a complete list, so it is important to distinguish publicly confirmed station activity from locations that remain private or preliminary.

Publicly discussed station activity has included Nashville International Airport, Music City Center, the PRIME residential development serving multiple Giarratana towers and the JW Marriott Nashville. Additional station agreements and designs are expected to emerge as the network develops.

LOOP Nashville tracks station announcements as they become public and distinguishes between completed agreements, design work, easements, proposed locations and broader station concepts.

Is the Music City Loop being built?

Yes. On February 25, 2026, Tennessee announced that TDOT and the Federal Highway Administration had approved The Boring Company's lease application and enhanced grading permit for state-owned property along the highway system. State officials said construction could move forward immediately.

By August, The Boring Company reported that multiple tunnel boring machines were working in Nashville and that geological testing was showing strong rock conditions. The company has continued hiring in Nashville across engineering, construction, operations, safety, legal and development roles.

Who pays for the Music City Loop?

State and airport officials have consistently described Music City Loop as a privately funded project. Tennessee says the project is being built without taxpayer construction funding.

At BNA, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority said The Boring Company would fund design, construction, operations and maintenance. The airport's agreement also anticipates license revenue, passenger pickup and drop-off fees and reimbursement of certain Airport Authority expenses.

That funding model is one of the project's most consequential differences from traditional publicly financed transportation infrastructure, although the project still relies on public permits, rights-of-way, safety review and other governmental approvals.

When will the Music City Loop open?

Tennessee officials said in February 2026 that the first segment was expected to be operational by the end of 2026. Earlier announcements had described an opening as early as fall 2026.

Those statements are targets rather than guarantees. The opening date will depend on tunneling progress, stations, systems integration, safety testing and final operating approvals. LOOP Nashville will update this page whenever an official schedule changes.

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