NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Amtrak has a new service making for a more convenient trip for riders. Starting Aug.18, customers will now have an option to hop on the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service.

Starting Aug.18, customers will now have an option to hop on the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service. This is a new, twice-daily intercity train service traveling between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans.

The service will feature intercity passenger trains twice-daily between Mobile and New Orleans, with four stops along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

April 25 (UPI) -- Amtrak is planning a new route between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, La., twice daily called " Mardi Gras Service." The 143-mile trip links the two cities with something they ...

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Both New Orleans and Mobile have a long history of Mardi Gras celebrations along with other Coastal Mississippi communities. “Amtrak Mardi Gras Service is a natural choice for the name of the new ...

Amtrak said it is adding a new route that will connect the Gulf Coast to New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. The new, twice-daily Amtrak "Mardi Gras Service" will offer morning and evening departures ...

Amtrak has announced a new name for its twice-daily railroad service between Mobile and New Orleans, News 5 has learned.

America’s passenger railroad today officially announced the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service with twice-daily runs between New Orleans and Mobile.

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