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Condé Nast Traveler has named Mobile one of the “Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024,” the City of Mobile announced. Mobile was named one of only 12 others showcased in the article. The article recognizes Mobile as having an “all-year celebration of the city’s African American history.” A few…
AL.com has reported that Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s office has forwarded a lease agreement to Amtrak that would allow the train service to build a stop in Downtown Mobile to support a new passenger rail route. The agreement is viewed as the final bureaucratic step before twice-daily service is restored along the Gulf Coast. “Our…
The construction of a train stop, and a track leading to it in Downtown Mobile, is the final infrastructure issue that needs to be addressed before Amtrak can restart passenger trains along the Gulf Coast for the first time in 18 years, officials say. According to AL.com, Amtrak officials and Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration met…
Amtrak, freight operators and the Alabama State Port Authority have agreed to allow for passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast corridor, AL.com reported. The service will include the connection from New Orleans to Mobile, with four stops likely in coastal Mississippi, according to Knox Ross of the Southern Rail Commission. “This is a giant…
Amtrak is urging the Surface Transportation Board to compel CSX and Norfolk Southern to allow it access to their networks along the U.S. Gulf Coast, FreightWaves reports. As Amtrak seeks to reinstall passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, it contends that rail line owner CSX is “no longer working with Amtrak to reach a…
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