Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Amtrak line will start services in the Gulf Coast in just a few days. The rail service is restoring regional passenger ...

Geneva Ellegant sat outside her Alabama home on a Tuesday morning, remembering her daughter’s witty humor, her gift for painting and her beautiful singing voice. “She was my easy child,” Ellegant said ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Gulf Coast’s only passenger-train line, the revived route marks a new chapter.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A new Amtrak route along the Gulf hit the tracks on Monday, amid a renewed push for passenger rail service in the capital city. Monday marked the launch of Amtrak’s Mardi ...

An exchange involving historians Errol LaBorde and Arthur Hardy during the ball’s livestream discussed the revived Gulf Coast ...

NEW ORLEANS — Amtrak passenger rail service returns to the Gulf Coast with the launch of the Mardi Gras line connecting New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile. The inaugural trip departed Saturday morning ...

A second line processes the passengers aboard the inaugural Amtrak Mardi Gras Service on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La. The twice-daily service between New ...

It's been nearly 20 years since a passenger train rumbled along the Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans, but that silence is about to end. Amtrak is introducing a new rail line that connects two ...

When Amtrak's new Mardi Gras service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., launches next week, Texas passengers keen on exploring the central Gulf Coast need travel only as far as Baton Rouge. Last ...