Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation ...

Amtrak launched its Mardi Gras Service, a six-stop train line that runs from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans for just $15 a ...

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser joined Amtrak officials and local leaders Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the Mardi ...

The passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile made its inaugural run Saturday, featuring jazz bands, beads and ...

John Hilbert stood by the railroad tracks at the Bay St. Louis station on a sweltering Gulf Coast morning, waiting.

It’s all aboard Amtrak in Mobile today. The first regular trip of passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans ...

“Once you get to New Orleans, you can catch the Crescent up to the Northeast. You can catch the city of New Orleans up to ...

Mardi Gras-style celebration with revelers dressed in full Mardi Gras regalia greeting passengers at every stop in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. "This is very exciting," one reveler ...

New Amtrak Mardi Gras line starts Gulf Coast service soon. Trains will run from Mobile to New Orleans. Two Mississippi routes ...

Amtrak cars will finally glide back onto Gulf Coast rails this Saturday, a triumphant return nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina swept away much of the coastline.

Passenger train service now spans the Gulf Coast from the Port City to the Crescent City, for the first time in nearly 20 ...

Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission on Saturday staged a preview of the long-anticipated Mardi Gras service set to begin ...