Just after sunrise on Saturday, Aug. 16, I set off on the inaugural ride of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras line. The experience was stunning and rewarding. Hundreds of Mississippians packed the ...

A new route from Amtrak along the Gulf hit the tracks on Monday, amid a renewed push for passenger rail service in the capital city.

Amtrak Service has returned along the Gulf Coast. The new Mardi Gras service officially began operating Monday morning, ...

Mobile and New Orleans may be the beginning and end of the new Amtrak route, but the new Mardi Gras Service is seen as a big boost for those stops in between.

Happy Mardi Gras Season! Whether you are in New Orleans for partying in the French Quarter, watching the parades on St.

Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation ...

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser joined Amtrak officials and local leaders Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the Mardi ...

The Amtrak Mardi Gras service kicked off its new coastal route with block parties at each of its South Mississippi stops ...

Two passengers on separate Carnival cruise ships died over the weekend after drowning incidents at Celebration Key, the company’s private resort in the Bahamas that opened in July.

After two decades of negotiations and rebuilding, passenger trains reconnect Gulf Coast cities, but financial hurdles remain.

The line won't carry the masses of commuters that use Amtrak's popular trains between Boston, New York and Washington D.C., ...

This report comes to you from New Orleans where, at this writing, a new Amtrak service started Monday, Aug. 18. Following a ...