Amtrak exploring bus bridge to connect Pensacola riders to train services

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Amtrak is looking at ways to bring rail services to Northwest Florida.

Amtrak Services returned to the Gulf Coast in 2025. It now offers a “Mardi Gras route” that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama.

City officials in Mobile threatened to pull funding if Amtrak tried to extend farther east. The Southern Rail Commissioner Chairman Knox Ross says there is a possible workaround…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS