The Boring Company says more than 40 Music City Loop stations are now in various stages of planning and design across Nashville.

What the public does not have is a list of all 40-plus locations.

That gap is becoming increasingly important as tunneling advances. The route tells Nashville where Music City Loop could travel. The station agreements will determine where passengers can actually get on and off.

A review of current company announcements, property materials and public-agency records shows only a handful of station projects that can be tied to specific properties with confidence.

BNA: Approved relationship, design and permitting underway

Nashville International Airport is the most advanced publicly documented station relationship.

On Feb. 18, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority approved negotiated terms with The Boring Company and authorized execution of an agreement covering tunnels, portals, roadway connections and a passenger Loop station on airport property.

The airport authority described a potential term of up to 50 years, with The Boring Company responsible for project design, construction, operations and maintenance costs.

In its Aug. 1 Nashville update, The Boring Company said station design and permitting at BNA were still underway.

That means the airport station has moved well beyond a conceptual map point, but it is not yet an operating station and remains subject to design and permitting work.

JW Marriott: The parties say they have a deal

The Boring Company announced Aug. 1 that it and the JW Marriott Nashville had agreed to terms for a Music City Loop station at the downtown hotel.

The company has not publicly released the agreement or a final station design.

The Nashville Business Journal also reported the deal, describing it as a station at the downtown property while noting the broader pipeline of potential stations.

The JW Marriott is therefore a confirmed commercial station agreement, but the public record does not yet establish its construction schedule, cost or final configuration.

PRIME, Alcove and Paramount: One station, three residential towers

Nashville developer Giarratana is advertising a separate station agreement at PRIME on Church Street.

The PRIME and Alcove property websites say The Boring Company and Giarratana have agreed to build a Music City Loop station at PRIME that would serve residents of PRIME, Alcove and Paramount.

Giarratana describes it as the first residential station on the Music City Loop.

The promotional materials include conceptual renderings and travel-time claims. Those should not be confused with a final station design or an independently verified operating schedule. Alcove's website specifically notes that the concept art may change.

Still, the underlying station agreement is publicly acknowledged by both The Boring Company and the developer.

Music City Center: Easement approved, station not yet finally approved

Music City Center requires a more careful description.

The Convention Center Authority voted March 24 on an easement agreement allowing Music City Loop tunnel infrastructure through its property. The Boring Company later said the teams were continuing to work together on station design.

The easement is important, but it is not the same as final approval to construct a passenger station inside the convention center.

For that reason, Music City Center belongs in a different category from BNA, the JW Marriott and the Giarratana residential agreement: it is an active station-design location with a tunnel easement, not a fully approved station project.

What "40-plus" actually means

The Boring Company's current Music City Loop FAQ says more than 40 stations are in "various stages of design."

That language covers a wide range of possible maturity.

A property owner could be discussing a location with the company, reviewing preliminary engineering, negotiating business terms or moving toward formal agreements. The company does not break the 40-plus figure into those categories.

The FAQ says each station is planned in partnership with a property owner and considers ridership capacity, vehicle flow, safety and pedestrian wayfinding. The company says low-to-medium-capacity stations can be about 4,000 square feet with four vehicle stalls, while larger stations can reach roughly 20,000 square feet and 20 stalls.

Those are general design parameters rather than a public inventory of Nashville sites.

The missing document: a station roster

The Boring Company has not published the names, addresses or status of all station properties represented by its 40-plus figure.

It also has not publicly disclosed how many of those sites have signed agreements, how many are still in negotiations, or how many may ultimately be dropped.

That makes the current count useful as an indicator of private-property interest, but not as a count of approved or guaranteed stations.

For readers tracking the system, the distinction is straightforward:

Publicly confirmed station commitments or approved relationships: BNA, JW Marriott and the PRIME residential station serving PRIME, Alcove and Paramount.

Active station design with separate approvals still needed: Music City Center.

Other locations: More than 40 are described by The Boring Company as being in planning or design, but the full roster has not been made public.

The next significant station news may therefore come not from a new route map, but from a deed, permit, board agenda or private-property announcement that puts another name to the company's 40-plus figure.

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