A new Amtrak line will start services in the Gulf Coast this summer. The rail service has announced plans to restore regional passenger routes. This one will connect New Orleans and Mobile ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will begin on Monday, August 18, and Coast businesses are preparing ...

Multiple infrastructure projects including new track sections and rail sidings are still in development as the August 18 ...

Amtrak is actively working to revive its northern Gulf Coast train service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. Though with decreasing ridership, particularly in the states the line would pass ...

Amtrak’s could be operating Gulf Coast service by June, according to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi. Wicker is even inviting newly minted U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to ...

The current plan to bring new passenger service to the Gulf Coast goes back at least to 2016, when Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican of Mississippi, formed a working group to study a restoration of ...

Delays with new track in Alabama are being cited by Amtrak officials as the holdup for new service on the Gulf Coast. The Surface Transportation Board at a Wednesday hearing ordered Amtrak, freight ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - After last week’s announcement that the passenger rail service would be returning next year to the Gulf Coast, Amtrak is narrowing that timeframe down a bit.. On Friday ...

"We have come a long way from having Amtrak passenger service completely cut from the President's budget to $20 million toward Gulf Coast passenger rail restoration and $250 million for essential ...

Where does the proposed Amtrak service between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., stand? Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), and Alabama State Port Authority and its common carrier operating division ...

Amtrak presented some cost figures that would place the project on the inexpensive side, for a new start: “The report found that the Gulf Coast Service could commence with about $5.4 million in ...

The Surface Transportation Board should not be swayed by the political winds that appear to support Amtrak's ambitions when it comes to restoring passenger rail service between Mobile, Alabama ...