(The Center Square) – Amtrak’s new rail service between New Orleans and Mobile has surpassed first-year ridership projections just six months after launch, according to Todd Stennis, Amtrak’s director ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina wiped out passenger rail along the Gulf Coast, Amtrak's new Mardi Gras route finally connects Mobile and New Orleans again. This ride-along breaks down whether the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mobile has seen 26,174 riders board the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service in just under seven months, and the city is outperforming New ...

Ridership on Amtrak‘s Gulf Coast service has surpassed 100,000 riders in less than a year, significantly outpacing early projections and signaling strong demand for the recently restored route. The ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the 7 months since it launched, the Amtrak Mardi Gras service between New Orleans and Mobile has been far more popular than expected. Passengers told WWL Louisiana the experience ...

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service may be exceeding early ridership projections, but a darker reality has emerged alongside the excitement: a rising number of tragic deaths at railroad crossings along the ...

NEW ORLEANS — The Amtrak Mardi Gras Service Line reached a major milestone Tuesday morning, welcoming its 100,000th rider at Union Passenger Terminal. The Gulf South route, named after New Orleans’ ...