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

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is surging far beyond expectations, with more than 46,000 riders since its Aug. 18 launch and trains filling up along the Gulf Coast. In its first 108 days, the national ...

Amtrak is planning a new train route between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., twice daily called "Mardi Gras Service." The route links up to service in Chicigo. Photo courtesy Amtrrak April 25 (UPI ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Amtrak has announced the name of its new rail service, which is set to bring passengers to and from New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. On Thursday, Amtrak officials announced that ...

Blaring locomotive horns announce the presence of four new passenger trains every day at most of the 170 grade crossings on ...

UPDATE (9:37 p.m.): Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson expressed his excitement regarding the new Amtrak passenger rail line’s name, which pays homage to both cities’ festive traditions. “As the birthplace ...

MOBILE, Ala. (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 ...

Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras party now has a new twist: ...

Which is how I found myself ensconced for 27 hours aboard The Crescent from Union Station in Washington to Union Passenger ...

April 25 (UPI) --Amtrak is planning a new route between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., twice daily called "Mardi Gras Service." The 143-mile trip links the two cities with something they have in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Amtrak has announced ...

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years. The twice-daily service ...