them to a landport in the West End area. From there a shuttle bus will run through the heart of downtown and into East Nashville with several stops along the way. On Monday, April 28, 2014, bus service between Nashville and Dickson began as a two-week pilot project. RTA operated the pilot project to gauge the interest of commuters in Dickson. On Monday, July 21, 2014, The Dickson County Commission agreed to help fund an express commuter bus service to Nashville. The service was expected to officially launch in September 2014, composing of two buses that would depart from Dickson each morning and two that would return from Nashville on weeknights, but the local site for a Park & Ride had not yet been identified, caused a delay in the start of the express bus service until a location was found. With a Park & Ride lot location founded at the Dickson Walmart (located off Highway 46 and Beasley Drive), bus service from Dickson to Nashville began on Monday, January 5, 2015 as the 88X Dickson Express. Cross-Town Routes The crosstown services that do not terminate in downtown Nashville are the Wedgewood (route 21), the Midtown (route 25), the Grassmere/Edmondson Connector (route 72), the Bell Road (route 73), the Madison Connector (route 76), and the Thompson Lane Connector (route 77). The University Connector (route 21) began on Sunday, September 30, 2012. This route provides cross-town service connecting five universities including Tennessee State University, Meharry Medical College, Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University. Buses travel via the new 28th/31st Avenue Bridge every 30 to 60 minutes on weekdays and hourly on weekends. The route provides transfer points to 10 other MTA bus routes. It served Lipscomb University until September 29, 2019, when route 21 was rerouted to serve 100 Oaks instead of Lipscomb University; Lipscomb University is now served by the 12th Avenue South (route 17). Bus Route List Former Routes Current and Upcoming Projects Light Rail & Bus Rapid Transit WeGo Star The MTA took over operation of the Music City Star, now WeGo Star, commuter train in 2008 after initial service began in 2006. Clarksville, TN is one step closer to having commuter rail to Nashville, after a firm was selected to conduct a study. The Regional Transportation Authority has hired the firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff to conduct a study to provide consensus among the RTA, the Nashville Area