John Hilbert stood by the railroad tracks at the Bay St. Louis station on a sweltering Gulf Coast morning, waiting.

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

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

The Clarion Ledger took a ride on the inaugural run of Amtrak's Mardi Gras service that goes along Mississippi Coast. Get an ...

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

Amtrak's new "Mardi Gras Service" route just launched across the Gulf Coast, selling out seats and creating buzz. Here's what ...

Passenger train service now spans the Gulf Coast from the Port City to the Crescent City, for the first time in nearly 20 ...

Amtrak cars will finally glide back onto Gulf Coast rails this Saturday, a triumphant return nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina swept away much of the coastline.

It’s all aboard Amtrak in Mobile today. The first regular trip of passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans ...

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 on Monday. Of course, to a city at has been waiting for 20 years for ...

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