City hopes for fresh start for Red Line; Norfolk Southern says nothing has changed Joe Bruno Replay Video UP NEXT The city’s ambitious goal for a Transformational Mobility Network includes plans to run the light rail past the airport, down to Ballantyne and out to Matthews. But in a presentation to the Charlotte City Council Monday night, the city revealed the preference is for the Red Line to move along first. The Red Line is a long-proposed commuter rail from uptown to Iredell County. “We are just going to go back, dust it up, refine that study and move forward,” Assistant City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba said in a call with reporters prior to the meeting.