Passenger trains will be coming 'round the bend once again in Mobile thanks to a bipartisan effort in Washington and the collaboration of local officials.
The Mobile City Council approved resolutions that could bring the possibility of Gulf Coast Amtrak service back to the area.
The Mobile City Council will soon hear the first reading of three resolutions that could bring the possibility of Gulf Coast Amtrak service back to the area.
A plan to return Amtrak passenger service to Mobile lacked support at a roundtable of city council members Wednesday.
The Alabama State Port Authority and the State of Alabama could help share the cost of an over $3 million effort to bring Amtrak’s service back to the Gulf Coast.
Amtrak will begin test routes between Mobile and New Orleans after the settlement of a long-running dispute between Amtrak, freight rail carriers and the Alabama Port Authority.
The portion of the Sunset Limited route east of New Orleans had been shut down since 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. However, Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway, the Alabama State Port Authority and the Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks have been going back and forth on a proposal to get the route between New Orleans and Mobile running again.