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 ...

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

The Clarion Ledger took a ride on the inaugural run of Amtrak's Mardi Gras service that goes along Mississippi Coast. Get an ...

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

"We can't stop here," Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said, encouraging the crowd to fight for links between New Orleans and Baton ...

This report comes to you from New Orleans where, at this writing, a new Amtrak service started Monday, Aug. 18. Following a ...

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

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

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

Mobile saw the arrival of 137 new tourists on Monday morning as the Mardi Gras Amtrak line arrived for the first time in ...