Push Underway to Open Downtown Mobile Transit and Amtrak Terminal
Work is underway to finish and open a downtown Mobile transit and Amtrak terminal.
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Gulf Coast Train Blows Past Ridership Goals
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Gulf Coast train drew 150,000 riders in its first year — nearly four times the projection — as officials weigh a permanent Mobile station.
Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Train Tops 150,000 Riders in First Year, Mobile Stop Still Lacks Cover
Amtrak's Gulf Coast Mardi Gras Service drew 150,000 riders and $5.2 million in revenue in its first year, far surpassing projections, even as Mobile's downtown platform still awaits a permanent…
Amtrak Mardi Gras Train Hits Stuck Trailer at Grand Bay Crossing, Locomotive Partially Derails
An Amtrak Mardi Gras Service train struck a trailer that had become stuck on the tracks in Grand Bay on Sunday morning, leaving the locomotive partially derailed and several crew…
Amtrak Rolls Through Mobile on First New Orleans-to-Mobile Training Run
MOBILE, Ala. — A passenger train rolled through the Port City this week for the first time in years, and Gulf Coast rail advocates are calling it a milestone on…
Amtrak takes its Mobile rail fight to Twitch with live freight counter
As a federal board weighs whether Amtrak can share freight tracks for new passenger service between Mobile and New Orleans, the railroad took its argument to a live online audience.…
Amtrak Livestreams Mississippi Rail Line to Bolster Case for Mobile-New Orleans Passenger Service
Amtrak launched a Twitch livestream of a Mississippi rail line this week to argue that restoring Mobile-New Orleans passenger service wouldn't disrupt freight traffic, a claim CSX and local rail…
White House Backs Push to Return Amtrak Service to the Gulf Coast
The Biden administration is formally backing efforts to bring passenger rail back to the Gulf Coast, throwing federal weight behind a long-running campaign to restore Amtrak service between Mobile and…
Amtrak asks federal board to force freight railroads to allow Mobile passenger trains
Amtrak is asking a federal board to require two freight railroad companies to let it run passenger trains between New Orleans and Mobile, even as some Mobile councilors say the…
Amtrak Petitions Federal Board to Force Track Access as Mobile Council Members Balk
Amtrak has asked the federal Surface Transportation Board to force CSX and Norfolk Southern to allow new Mobile-to-New Orleans passenger trains, even as some Mobile City Council members say the…