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Amtrak launched its Mardi Gras Service, a six-stop train line that runs from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans for just $15 a ...
Marking the first rail service along the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina, this twice daily service runs between New ...
The line won't carry the masses of commuters that use Amtrak's popular trains between Boston, New York and Washington D.C., ...
Mobile saw the arrival of 137 new tourists on Monday morning as the Mardi Gras Amtrak line arrived for the first time in ...
The Clarion Ledger took a ride on the inaugural run of Amtrak's Mardi Gras service that goes along Mississippi Coast. Get an ...
Local business owners from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula share how train service will boost tourism in coastal Mississippi ...
Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation ...
After nearly 20 years, Amtrak returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service ...
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser joined Amtrak officials and local leaders Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the Mardi ...
"We can't stop here," Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said, encouraging the crowd to fight for links between New Orleans and Baton ...
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 ...