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 ...

Amtrak is adding a coach to one of the two Mardi Gras Service trainsets beginning today (Friday, Jan. 9) to accommodate ...

Amtrak’s new twice-daily Mardi Gras Service launched on Aug. 18, connecting Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans with stops along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The route marks the first passenger train ...

A second line processes the passengers aboard the inaugural Amtrak Mardi Gras Service on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La. The twice-daily service between New ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Amtrak has launched a limited-run merchandise collection celebrating its Mardi Gras Service along the ...

Dozens of birds fly over the still bayou as the train rushes past, leaving nothing but blue skies over the marshland. In no time this serene scene is replaced by bustling cityscape as I arrive in New ...

MOBILE, Ala. — There it was again, after all these years: an Amtrak passenger train, its red and blue cars gleaming in the moonlight as it idled at a platform in Mobile, Alabama. An eager crowd had ...

A tornado Watch looms over Central Mississippi, and the Coast sees a low-end risk of severe weather. The ordinance, unanimously passed by the Poplarville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, bans motorized ...

Those getting ready to board the first eastbound Amtrak train in Biloxi were excited to see it pull up to the landing platform Monday morning, Aug. 18. Mary Perez Sun Herald Sun Herald readers weigh ...