Mobile and Baldwin County News
Amtrak is pressing ahead with its plan to restore passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans, telling Gulf Coast transportation leaders it aims to start running trains in 2022.…
Amtrak officials told the Southern Rail Commission they still plan to launch passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile in early 2022, even as a long-delayed freight modeling study…
Amtrak says it will push ahead with restoring Mobile-to-New Orleans passenger service in 2022, but Alabama Port Authority officials warn the move could disrupt freight operations serving nine railroads at…
Mobile City Council pushed back a vote on a $3 million funding commitment for restored passenger rail service, with members split over financial risk ahead of a Feb. 4 vote…
With a year-end deadline bearing down, Mobile’s city leaders debated how much they were willing to pay to restore passenger train service that Hurricane Katrina swept away more than a…
BILOXI, Miss. — Mobile moved a step closer to regaining passenger rail service to New Orleans, with new federal and regional funding pushing a long-stalled project toward reality. U.S. Sen.…
Local officials and advocates are pushing Congress to fund a study on restoring Gulf Coast passenger rail service through Mobile and other coastal cities.
Mayor Sam Jones hosted a regional summit in Mobile bringing together mayors, federal officials and rail advocates to press for the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail service lost after…
A long-discussed passenger rail line linking Mobile to New Orleans did not receive a share of the $8 billion in high-speed rail grants the White House announced in late January…