TDOT to Join Anchor Trailways & Tours to Launch Intercity Transit Route from Nashville to Memphis

 

MEMPHIS – Representatives fromTennessee Department of Transportation and Anchor Trailways & Tours will hold a ribbon cutting Wednesday, April 28, 2010 to celebrate the launch of a new daily intercity bus service between Nashville and Memphis.  The service is funded by a federal grant administered through TDOT’s Intercity Bus Demonstration Program. The daily round-trip bus service will operate seven days a week with stops at both the Memphis and Nashville airports and Greyhound stations, the Memphis Amtrak Station, Atoka, Ripley, Dyersburg, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Camden, Holladay, Dickson, Kingston Springs, the Vanderbilt Medical Arts Building and the Music City Star Train Station.

 

Wednesday’s event will begin at 1:00 p.m. CT, at the MATA Central Station / Amtrak, 545 South Main Street. The event will last approximately 30 minutes.

 

Who:              Anchor Trailways & Tours President and Founder John Stancil

                       Anchor Trailways & Tours Vice President Jared Stancil

                       Greater Memphis Chamber, John Moore, President and CEO

                       Memphis Area Transit Authority President/General Manager William Hudson, Jr.

                       TDOT Director of Multimodal Transportation Resources Paula Shaw

What:             Official Launch of Intercity Transit Route between Nashville and Memphis

 

When:            Wednesday, April 28, 2010

 

Where:           MATA Central Station / Amtrak

                        545 South Main Street, Memphis