It’s been previewed and promised for years and now, finally, Amtrak passenger trains are ready to roll across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Mobile. “This is it,” Knox Ross, chairman ...

UPDATE (9:15 p.m.): A 6-0 city council vote pushed the Gulf Coast passenger train one step closer to the Port City. “I don’t think anyone really would’ve predicted a couple weeks ago that we would ...

UPDATE 12:14 PM: The east-bound train that left New Orleans this morning arrived in Mobile just before noon. A cheering crowd of people, including members of Visit Mobile and local businesses, was ...

WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON TONIGHT. ALSO NEW AT NOON. WE NOW KNOW WHEN PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO START USING THE LONG AWAITED AMTRAK SERVICE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO MOBILE, ALABAMA. THIS IS. LEADERS ARE ...

Compared to the behemoth Acela, which hustles hundreds of thousands of riders between Boston, New York City, and Washington ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - 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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Contractors are doing preliminary work on a new passenger train stop downtown, but there still is no definitive timeline on when the project will be complete. A federal grant is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It’s been 20 years ...