MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – With the logistics of a planned Gulf Coast Amtrak route now answered, one question remains: Will it be successful? In a series of news conferences from Mobile to New Orleans, ...

UPDATE (7:15 p.m.): — Mobile saw the arrival of 137 new tourists on Monday morning as the Mardi Gras Amtrak line arrived for the first time in years. The passengers weren’t just from New Orleans.

Mardi Gras merchandise is already for sale at shops throughout downtown Mobile and online. But for the first time, the public has a chance to buy Mardi Gras merchandise featuring a train. The items, ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Amtrak on Tuesday answered the two most important questions looming over its years-long bid to restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast – when it will start and how much ...

WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON TONIGHT. ALSO NEW AT NOON. WE NOW KNOW WHEN PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO START USING THE LONG AWAITED AMTRAK SERVICE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO MOBILE, ALABAMA. THIS IS. LEADERS ARE ...

Amtrak is set to announce when service will start between Mobile and New Orleans and how much it will cost. This project is nearly 20 years in the making. Passenger rail service in Mobile stopped ...

Amtrak’s restoration of service along the Gulf Coast next month will not include a stop in Atmore, despite the city’s status as Alabama’s “rail welcome center.” Still, city officials are determined to ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first train on Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service pulled into the Port City about a half-hour past its 11:18 a.m. arrival time on Monday. Of course, to a city at has been waiting ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Residents and businesses had the chance to learn more about the future of Amtrak this morning at the Greer’s St. Louis market. Trains will run twice a day, stopping in four ...

Video above: Also on WKRG.com — Is driving safer than other modes of transportation? MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mardi Gras season is still a month away, but according to a report from Amtrak, the Mardi ...