The Mardi Gras line now offers two daily round-trip trains between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina disrupted service, the New Orleans-to-Alabama Mardi Gras Amtrak line is once again connecting the Gulf Coast, writes Eric Cova in the Transportation for America blog. “Unlike before Katrina, when trains only came twice a week and often in the middle of the night, the Mardi Gras now offers two daily round-trip trains. That’s a huge improvement and a sign that this time, passenger rail will provide consistent service to the people of the Gulf Coast.” The train runs from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, with stops in Mississippi.
For advocates like T4A, “The countless victories along the way to restore this service also laid the groundwork for expanding passenger rail across the country, including the I-20 corridor in the South, connections across the Mountain West, and many more routes that will provide transportation options and bring it closer to what it was 150 years ago.”
FULL STORY: Gulf Coast Rail is back on track, and stronger than ever
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