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

Amtrak is back, connecting the Coast to New Orleans and Mobile. People have waited years for the return, and after nearly a ...

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

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Amtrak is set to roll out its long-awaited Mardi Gras Service, a twice-daily passenger train connecting ...

The Mardi Gras train line launched Saturday with celebrations in New Orleans. The twice-daily service connects New Orleans, ...

John Hilbert stood by the railroad tracks at the Bay St. Louis station on a sweltering Gulf Coast morning, waiting.

"We can't stop here," Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said, encouraging the crowd to fight for links between New Orleans and Baton ...

Passengers stayed positive as they waited in Biloxi to ride to Mobile. The first New Orleans-bound train came through Biloxi ...

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.

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

Mardi Gras-style celebration with revelers dressed in full Mardi Gras regalia greeting passengers at every stop in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. "This is very exciting," one reveler ...

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