This story was updated at 3:11 p.m. with comments from Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission. Amtrak’s passenger rail service is set to make its return to Mobile, after one member of the Mobile City ...

The City of Mobile will be asked to support the operations of a twice-daily Amtrak service to New Orleans for three years and at a lump-sum cost of $3.048 million, according to a recent filing with ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - If all goes according to plan, Amtrak trains will begin rolling from here to New Orleans in October, but the passenger rail company’s own projections indicate the trains will ...

UPDATE (9:37 p.m.): Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson expressed his excitement regarding the new Amtrak passenger rail line’s name, which pays homage to both cities’ festive traditions. “As the birthplace ...

It will be a Mardi Gras celebration every day across South Mississippi for many when Amtrak passenger train service returns to the Gulf Coast, connecting with New Orleans and Mobile. Amtrak Mardi Gras ...

Construction of a key Amtrak station in downtown Mobile, Alabama will begin after the project received its final stamp of approval from city councilmembers on Monday, marking a major step forward for ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Some Mobile city leaders pushed back hard against Amtrak officials as the rail company hoped to inch closer to their plans to bring the passenger rail service back to Mobile for ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - America’s passenger railroad today officially announced the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service with twice-daily runs between New Orleans and Mobile with stops along the Mississippi ...

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 ...