Amtrak has announced that its passenger rail is officially coming back to the Gulf Coast, after nearly 20 years. The new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will be launching soon, with trains between New ...

Alabama’s long-awaited return to Gulf Coast passenger rail is picking up steam with construction already underway in downtown Mobile, and Amtrak’s “Mardi Gras Service” on track for a summer debut. For ...

Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast is expected to come this summer, and not this spring or anywhere close to reaching a Mardi Gras time frame that officials had hoped for last fall. If anything, Amtrak ...

The long-awaited reprise of an Amtrak service connecting two major Gulf Coast cities will launch in the summer, the national railroad company announced this week. It also has a name befitting its ...

GULF COAST (WLOX) - Passenger rail service is expected to return to the Gulf Coast this summer, according to Southern Rail Commission Chairman Knox Ross. The planned train route will run from New ...

Amtrak’s restoration of service along the Gulf Coast next month will not include a stop in Atmore, despite the city’s status as Alabama’s “rail welcome center.” Still, city officials are determined to ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Southern Rail Commission will hold six meetings in coming days to discuss what's next in efforts to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast. Meetings start Tuesday ...