(The Center Square) – 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 affairs for the South region.
Speaking before Louisiana lawmakers, Stennis said the twice-daily service has drawn more than 78,000 riders as of late February, already exceeding the 76,000 riders Amtrak projected for its first year.
“It is safe to say that we have broken 80,000 riders already, and we’ve done that in six months,” Stennis said. “The service is extremely popular.”…