Amtrak service on the Gulf Coast stopped after Hurricane Katrina damaged transportation infrastructure in 2005. | Rainclaw7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons
Amtrak’s newly revived Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama is exceeding expectations for ridership, timeliness, and customer satisfaction, reports Bill Stephens in TrainsPro.
As Stephens explains, “After years of stalled attempts to restart service, Amtrak hauled host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern before the Surface Transportation Board in 2021.” The three companies reached an agreement, allowing passenger trains to finally begin running in August 2025…