Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is surging far beyond expectations, with more than 46,000 riders since its Aug. 18 launch and trains filling up along the Gulf Coast. In its first 108 days, the national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On August 18, Amtrak began its new Mardi Gras Service to connect cities along the Gulf Coast to New Orleans. But what is a trip to ...

Amtrak’s new rail service between New Orleans and Mobile has surpassed first-year ridership projections just six months after launch, according to Todd Stennis, Amtrak’s director of governmental ...

In his Feb. 21 letter, Jeff Wilson of Mandeville shares wonderful experiences with Amtrak's City of New Orleans. Sounds marvelous. I, however, have not had such luck. Not that my ride was all that bad ...

At just $15 a ticket for coach seating, the Mobile-New Orleans route has proven popular ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Revelers are taking a ride on the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service to see the good times roll in Mobile, and for one New Orleans couple, they came over for their first-time Port City ...

I enjoy traveling more by train than by plane if I am not on a strict schedule. Most of my train experience has been on the City of New Orleans between New Orleans and Chicago. This experience has ...

Eight months after resuming Gulf Coast service, the Mobile-to-New Orleans route exceeds expectations marking a milestone of 100,000 passengers.