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Passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast was among the many casualties of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. At long last, it is back.
John Hilbert stood by the railroad tracks at the Bay St. Louis station on a sweltering Gulf Coast morning, waiting. He was ...
This report comes to you from New Orleans where, at this writing, a new Amtrak service started Monday, Aug. 18. Following a ...
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina disrupted service in 2005, an iconic passenger train service is returning to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service relaunched on Aug. 18 ...
Amtrak launched its Mardi Gras Service, a six-stop train line that runs from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans for just $15 a ...
Amtrak cars will finally glide back onto Gulf Coast rails this Saturday, a triumphant return nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina swept away much of the coastline.
Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission on Saturday staged a preview of the long-anticipated Mardi Gras service set to begin ...
Amtrak's new "Mardi Gras Service" route just launched across the Gulf Coast, selling out seats and creating buzz. Here's what ...
Marking the first rail service along the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina, this twice daily service runs between New ...
New Amtrak Mardi Gras line starts Gulf Coast service soon. Trains will run from Mobile to New Orleans. Two Mississippi routes ...
Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation ...
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras rail service is now officially up and running. Set to become a fixture on Deep South tours, the Mardi ...