The new service will operate morning and evening departures between Mobile and New Orleans.
A new Amtrak service will link Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans for the first time in almost 20 years, reports Lance Traweek in New Orleans City Business. “The new state-supported route will offer morning and evening departures from both Mobile and New Orleans, connecting key Mississippi cities including Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport, and Bay Saint Louis.”
The service, dubbed the Mardi Gras Service, launches on August 18. “Passengers will be able to make same-day connections to Amtrak’s City of New Orleans line to Chicago and next-day transfers to the Crescent line to New York and the Sunset Limited to Los Angeles.”
The service is funded by the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, the city of Mobile, and USDOT grants.
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