Amtrak

Amtrak is a step closer to resuming passenger train service between Mobile and New Orleans. Those passenger trains are running again between Mobile and New Orleans. They’re not carrying customers yet.

Regular passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile ended with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Talks may be making progress train trips between the two Gulf coast cities in 2023.

Amtrak services may soon be coming to the Gulf Coast. A company official said the passenger service is on track to return in 2022. Spokesperson Marc…

An Alabama Public Radio news feature, which is part of APR effort to address the "news desert" along the state's Gulf coast. APR recruited and trained…

A vote by the city council in Mobile, Alabama, has moved the Gulf Coast one step closer to a resumption of Amtrak service. News outlets report that…

Leaders in Mobile, Alabama, are dimming chances for reviving passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast. Member of the City Council's finance…

Members of the Mobile City Council are asking Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to approve funding to help restart passenger train service between the port city and…

Amtrak passengers between New Orleans and Atlanta will be affected by routine maintenance on the tracks next week, and will be put on buses instead.The…

Mike Hubbard’s political career appears to be over.The former Alabama House Speaker faces sentencing next month after being convicted on 12 of the 23…

Tuscaloosa officials are seeking money to replace the city's old passenger train station.A City Council committee voted Tuesday to select an architect to…