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The service will offer passengers two trains — one in New Orleans and the other in Mobile — that will depart in the morning.
Starting this summer, Amtrak will launch a new twice-daily service between two of the most popular Mardi Gras destinations in the southern U.S. Dubbed the "Amtrak Mardi Gras Service," this new ...
Amtrak is bringing a festive new route to the South just in time for summer, and Alabama is ready to roll. The rail service announced plans for its New Mardi Gras Service, which will include ...
Amtrak announced Thursday that its upcoming twice-daily service between Mobile and New Orleans — with four stops in coastal Mississippi — will be dubbed the “Mardi Gras Service.” ...
The service will stop in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula. “Amtrak Mardi Gras Service is a natural choice for the name of the new trains that will reflect the region’s ...
AMTRAK SAYS IT'S ADDING A NEW ROUTE THAT WILL CONNECT THE GULF COAST TO NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE, ALABAMA. THE NEW TWICE-DAILY, MARDI GRAS SERVICE WILL OFFER MORNING AND EVENING DEPARTURES FROM BOTH ...
Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years. The twice-daily ...
UPDATE (9:37 p.m.): Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson expressed his excitement regarding the new Amtrak passenger rail line’s name, which pays homage to both cities’ festive traditions.
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - America’s passenger railroad today officially announced the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service with twice-daily runs between New Orleans and Mobile with stops along the ...
Starting in summer 2025, the new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer train travelers morning and evening departures from both cities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Both New Orleans ...
Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras ...