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After 20 Years, Amtrak Finally Returns Rail Service to the Gulf Coast
Amtrak will return intercity passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, after a nearly 20-year absence ...
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New details on Amtrak Mardi Gras service from Mobile to New Orleans. How often will it run?
Amtrak announced in a Facebook post that its new Mardi Gras Service will launch in 2025. The service will have twice-daily trains between New Orleans and Mobile. There will be four stops along the ...
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Mardi Gras throws could be impacted by tariffs
Carnival season may be over, but not for Mardi Gras stores around Mobile as preparation is underway for 2026. But with recent ...
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‘Largest AIDS walk in Alabama’ returns to Mobile (details)
The 8th Annual Delta Red Walk and Health Fair, touted as the ‘largest AIDS walk in Alabama,’ will be May 10 at Highpoint Park ...
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Down-Home Charm & Bayside Bliss: Discover Alabama's Surging City
Gulf Shores may be welcoming commercial flights for the first time ever this month, but it's actually another Alabama city ...
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AL: Alabama officials unconcerned over Amtrak funding arrangement as project moves toward July start
City’s commitment The Mardi Gras Service, once it begins sometime in July, will be a twice-daily Amtrak route connecting Mobile and New Orleans for the first time in nearly 20 years. The route ...
A Fantastical Parade of Mobile Sculptures Races Through Baltimore
The Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race attracts thousands of onlookers to its triathlon of wacky human-powered contraptions ...