Amtrak says more than 46,000 customers have ridden its Mardi Gras Service trains on the twice-daily round trips across Coastal Mississippi between New Orleans and Mobile since its official start on August 18.
”We are well on-track to double the original estimate,” said Amtrak Board Chairman Anthony “Tony” Coscia in a statement. “Demand is very high across our network.”
The Mardi Gras line, which includes stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis, has drawn an average of over 420 people daily…