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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.
Amtrak is launching a new passenger route in 2025 connecting Mobile and New Orleans, with stops in Mississippi. The new Mardi Gras Service will run twice daily with stops in Bay St. Louis ...
BILOXI, Miss. (WJTV) – Amtrak services along the Mississippi Gulf Coast will soon return after nearly 20 years. The Southern Rail Commission said a new station will make the goal of connecting ...
It’s been previewed and promised for years and now, finally, Amtrak passenger trains are ready to roll across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Mobile. “This is it,” Knox Ross ...
(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 Mississippi coast ...
Nearly three decades ago, passenger trains traveled across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Mobile, then disappeared. But it's finally making a comeback this summer. Amtrak ...
Amtrak passenger trains are still six months or so away, yet excitement is building for their return and the business the excursions could bring to South Mississippi. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker ...
Amtrak Mardi Gras Service is the name of the upcoming route along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a title that "will reflect the region's distinctive culture," the railroad company's president Roger ...
Five times the fun? A second set of quintuplets is born in Mississippi in less than two years. What are the odds? A train ride to New Orleans from the Jackson Amtrak station takes around four and ...
This one will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, with several stops in Mississippi. Here's what we know so far and where you can catch a ride in the Magnolia State. Amtrak is the nation's ...