Today, just after sunrise on Saturday, August 16th, I set off on the inaugural ride of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line. The ...

Just after sunrise on Saturday, Aug. 16, I set off on the inaugural ride of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line. The experience was stunning and rewarding. Hundreds of Mississippians packed the ...

Amtrak Service has returned along the Gulf Coast. The new Mardi Gras service officially began operating Monday morning, ...

Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation ...

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser joined Amtrak officials and local leaders Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the Mardi ...

The Amtrak Mardi Gras service kicked off its new coastal route with block parties at each of its South Mississippi stops ...

After two decades of negotiations and rebuilding, passenger trains reconnect Gulf Coast cities, but financial hurdles remain.

The line won't carry the masses of commuters that use Amtrak's popular trains between Boston, New York and Washington D.C., ...

The first train on Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service pulled into the Port City about a half-hour past its 11:18 a.m. arrival time ...

This report comes to you from New Orleans where, at this writing, a new Amtrak service started Monday, Aug. 18. Following a ...

Amtrak launched its Mardi Gras Service, a six-stop train line that runs from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans for just $15 a ...

The twice-daily train service originates in New Orleans and Mobile, with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and ...