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After two decades of negotiations and rebuilding, passenger trains reconnect Gulf Coast cities, but financial hurdles remain.
This report comes to you from New Orleans where, at this writing, a new Amtrak service started Monday, Aug. 18. Following a ...
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 ...
Amtrak's new "Mardi Gras Service" route just launched across the Gulf Coast, selling out seats and creating buzz. Here's what ...
The twice-daily train service originates in New Orleans and Mobile, with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and ...
Amtrak's 'Mardi Gras Service' linking New Orleans to Mobile by rail starts rolling Monday ...
The Amtrak Mardi Gras service kicked off its new coastal route with block parties at each of its South Mississippi stops Saturday. It’s not Mardi Gras, but it definitely looked like it on Saturday ...
Passenger train service now spans the Gulf Coast from the Port City to the Crescent City, for the first time in nearly 20 ...
“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 ...
Passengers stayed positive as they waited in Biloxi to ride to Mobile. The first New Orleans-bound train came through Biloxi on time.