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A $140 train trip from Alabama to Mississippi sounds like a small price for a big American journey. The title encourages readers to picture one ticket, one comfortable train, and a clean line between two states. The booking reality is narrower: this review tests Birmingham to Meridian Union Station, because a statewide price has no meaning until the stations, travel date, fare class, and connection rules are fixed.
The ride can still be worthwhile. The route offers central Alabama woodland, small towns, and eastern Mississippi. The problem is that the headline number leaves out the parts that decide whether the trip feels rewarding: several hours on a single daytime or evening train, overnight comfort, meals, last-mile transportation, schedule exposure, and the possibility that a key landscape passes after sunset…