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 ...

Amtrak's Mardi Gras service, running twice daily between New Orleans and Mobile, was inaugurated with Mardi Gras-themed celebrations at each stop. The service, restored after a 20-year hiatus ...

A brass band blared in New Orleans' Union Passenger Terminal downtown Tuesday as nearly two dozen people gathered to celebrate the return of Amtrak's Gulf Coast route on Aug. 18. The route, called ...

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 ...

Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will begin on Aug. 18, with fares starting at $15 for a one-way trip to New Orleans, officials closely aligned with the long-planned project announced Tuesday. “One word we ...

NOW. WE START WITH THIS BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A CRASH INVOLVING THE AMTRAK MARDI GRAS MARDI GRAS MARDI GRAS SERVICE TRAIN. THAT’S RIGHT. THIS HAPPENED IN PASS ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A day after announcing Aug. 18 as the start date for passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, the first train from the Port City to New Orleans now is sold out. It is a ...

Minutes before the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service was scheduled to depart Mobile at 6:30 a.m. Monday, a CSX freight train rolled up alongside the passenger train and stopped. It was followed shortly by ...

People stopped to watch as we swiftly zoomed along. Some at the patio bars in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, waved gleefully, as did the guys on fishing boats angling by the bridge. Maybe this is what it ...