Amtrak riders can now book their tickets for the new Mardi Gras Service, which will start on Aug. 18. After two decades, the rail service announced in April that they had plans to restore regional ...

“ Amtrak Mardi Gras Service reconnects New Orleans to its Gulf Coast neighbors in Mississippi and Alabama, bringing benefits ...

Alabama city leaders are opposing a plan that would restore Amtrak passenger service to the Gulf Coast, including Mississippi and Louisiana, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Amtrak ...

Is this New Orleans-to-Mobile Amtrak commuter-like train proposal “a rather complex story,” like the meaning behind the lyrics of the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit, Sweet Home Alabama? For five decades, ...

Amtrak's possible return to the Gulf Coast isn't the only wish-list item for passenger rail in Alabama. Huntsville wants to hop aboard as well. The Rocket City's interest in passenger rail comes at a ...

Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast would lead to negative impacts on the Port of Mobile and economic harm to a key job generator in Alabama, officials within the state almost uniformly testified ...

Alabama is balking at pledging millions of dollars to help restart passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she needs more information before the state commits funding to help restore Amtrak train service. Her comments on Saturday came a day after the project ...

Plans to resume passenger train service on the northern Gulf Coast suffered a setback with Alabama and Mississippi refusing money for the project. Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi had to pledge ...

A plan to connect cities across the Gulf Coast with a new Amtrak line has instead divided states as they made their cases for and against the route before federal officials Tuesday. Mississippi wants ...