The passenger rail service, in a filing to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, says the burden is on CSX and Norfolk Southern to prove how it would be impacted by two additional passenger trains entering Alabama.| al
With a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the Mobile City Council OK'd a commitment of future resources for the start-up of an Amtrak rail service between Mobile and New Orleans.| al
Jimmy Lyons, CEO of the Alabama State Port Authority, also said he has financial concerns about the viability of passenger rail restarting along the Gulf of Mexico.| al
Local business owners from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula share how train service will boost tourism in coastal Mississippi communities that have transformed since Katrina's devastation.| al
Among the concerns cited by a representative of the Southern Rail Commission is how the train stop in downtown Mobile will interact with a new I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project.| al
In a joint statement, the parties involved in a long proceeding before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board confirmed on Tuesday that passenger rail is coming back to the Gulf Coast. Few details have been provided on when the restart will happen.| al
The Gulf Coast route has seen 6,700 riders in just 15 days, with trains selling out on game weekends as fans travel to the nearby Superdome.| al
Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation and $178 million in federal funding to resolve.| al
Beyond the French Quarter, train passengers can easily visit the National WWII Museum, Titanic exhibit, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and sports venues from Union Passenger Terminal.| al
The passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile made its inaugural run Saturday, featuring jazz bands, beads and MoonPies at stations along the route before public service begins Monday.| al
