Linking the Mardi Gras capital of New Orleans in Louisiana and the waterfront city of Mobile in Alabama, Amtrak’s Gulf Coast ... from stations along the line. The train was originally launched ...

Hecht says the Amtrak rail service ... Success of the New Orleans to Mobile line, said Hecht, may help make the argument for a similar rail link between the Crescent City and Baton Rouge.

Amtrak backers remain bullish on the idea. The line would run two trains from Mobile ... a branch of the Crescent route that went through Mobile decades ago. “I mean, these numbers are less ...