Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission are conducting a tour along the Gulf Coast to consider the feasibility of restarting passenger rail services on this route. The sevice was stopped more than a decade ago, after Hurricane Katrina damaged the tracks.
The trip is being taken to examine the existing railroad infrastructure. The so-called “Inspection Train” will include 14 stops in four states, beginning on 18 February in New Orleans and concluding the next day in Jacksonville, Florida. Other stops will include Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola and Tallahassee, Florida.
Southern Rail Commission Chairman Greg White urged Amtrak to re-establish daily, round-trip services between New Orleans and Orlando.
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