Hop on the new trolley with News 40 as it tours Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-The long awaited trolley car has finally arrived in Bowling Green and is going to be taking people on tours around the city including stopping at some historic places. News 40 is going to take you along the ride!
The trolley, four years in the making, will pick people up at the National Corvette Museum and then stop at the Historic Railpark & Train Museum.
It then starts its journey into downtown, going past the Bowling Green Ballpark and looping around Fountain Square Park.
“Bowling Green’s history is downtown. It’s not on Scottsville Road, it’s not on Campbell Lane, it’s downtown. So we want to focus on the downtown area because that’s where our history is,” said trolley organizer Bobby Rabold.
Then we head to the campus of Western Kentucky University.
“Where would Bowling Green be without Western Kentucky University?” said Rabold.
Staff say it was critical to include the college, as it drives people to our community.
“It’s a great opportunity to talk about the university. Three stops on campus. I hope we have young people who are considering coming to college in Bowling Green but also it’s a chance to talk about the university’s history. And also a chance to talk about our athletic success as well as student activities,” said WKU President Timothy Caboni.
The trolley will leave campus and head back towards the heart of downtown, passing Circus Square Park. Then head back to the National Corvette Museum.
“We don’t want folks to just go hop off the interstate, stay with us then leave, we want them to come in and learn more about our great little city and all the history that exists here, and the attractions that exist here in the city,” said NCM CEO Sharon Brawner.
Rabold has been adamant about getting the trolley in Bowling Green. And his passion might be generational…coming from his grandfather.
“I have a photograph of him, on the trolley wearing his straw hat. And this was taken about a 100, probably 108 years ago. I have his actual hat that he had on the trolley,” said Rabold.
Tours to the public start in spring.
