NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Amtrak is soon to welcome its 100,000th passenger on the Mardi Gras Service line, surpassing initial expectations set when the Gulf Coast light rail service first launched last August.
Tourism leaders had projected the line would move 75,000 people across the Gulf Coast in a year. Eight months into service, the line already has exceeded that goal.
“It’s blown every expectation out of the water,” said Alice Glenn, executive vice president of New Orleans and Company…