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 ...

I think it’s amazed us how good it is,” said Kay Kell, who worked for years to restore Amtrak service to the Mississippi Gulf ...

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Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service sees strong ridership, selling out trains and adding more seats as Gulf Coast cities see economic ...

Amtrak cars will finally glide back onto Gulf Coast rails this Saturday, a triumphant return nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina swept away much of the coastline. It’s a return nearly a generation ...

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The Rhymer family’s Saturday outing at the Exploreum took an unexpected turn when the sound of a train whistle caught their attention. “Completely unplanned,” Preston Rhymer of Robertsdale said with a ...

Starting today, there's a cheap new way to get to New Orleans, thanks to Amtrak's Mardi Gras Service. The twice-daily train line runs from Mobile, Alabama to the Crescent City along the Mississippi ...

Southern Living says "the most charming coastal town you’ve probably never heard of" is on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Plan a trip, know where to eat, shop ...

Bands played and crowds cheered as the first Amtrak train in more than a decade rolled up to stations in South Mississippi. That was 2016 and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker recalls, “It was a massive crowd at ...

Two people are dead after a vehicle and Amtrak train collided in a Mississippi Coast city Tuesday night, according to multiple media reports. Amtrak officials told WLOX-TV in Biloxi the car was ...