New Gulf Coast Amtrak service (New Orleans - Mobile and Baton Rouge)

[CraigInNC]

The La. politicians seem onboard for BR, but such things have happened before.

If Edwin Edwards were still around he would know how to grease the wheels just right. I just get the feeling that there is more here to do with national politics than just port economics...

https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/wer...t-started-between-mobile-and-new-orleans.html

 

[JamesWhitcombRiley]

Wonder if Alabama would have supported it if it went to the capital Montgomery instead of Mobile.

 

[DonNewcomb]

Want to make this trip by train, not car!

I'd like to go to FQF without having to pay the outrageous parking rates they charge in The Quarter and CBD but it doesn't look like it will happen this year.

 

[JWM]

I have to wonder if laying the original tracks took less time than getting this train going.

 

[JamesWhitcombRiley]

I'd like to go to FQF without having to pay the outrageous parking rates they charge in The Quarter and CBD but it doesn't look like it will happen this year.

I suggest parking uptown and taking the streetcar. You can flip the seat to face in your preferred direction.

 

[joelkfla]

I'd like to go to FQF without having to pay the outrageous parking rates they charge in The Quarter and CBD but it doesn't look like it will happen this year.

What's FQF?

 

[Anderson]

What's FQF?

While the phonetic pronunciation of those letters could lead to some colorful assumptions, I think it's "French Quarter Fest".

 

[Willbridge]

While the phonetic pronunciation of those letters could lead to some colorful assumptions, I think it's "French Quarter Fest".

I thought that every weekend night there was a fest. In a visit back before Katrina, I rode the 2:15 a.m. St. Charles trip from the Canal Street loop out to the carbarn and it was a memorable experience.

 

[jis]

Update on service to Mobile from RPA

https://www.railpassengers.org/happ...-may-could-see-gulf-coast-roadblocks-cleared/

 

[thetourman]

Mobile just released preliminary plans for their station.

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/take...ign-plans-for-mobile-amtrak-station-revealed#

 

[DonNewcomb]

What's FQF?

French Quarter Festival.

 

[Septa9739]

Nothing says commitment like a car and a half of platform in an extant parking lot.

 

[Willbridge]

Mobile just released preliminary plans for their station.

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/take...ign-plans-for-mobile-amtrak-station-revealed#

It doesn't seem to have a bay or two for charter or Thruway or intercity buses.

 

[Hytec]

Amtrak's proposed schedule for the two daily round trips was posted on AU a while back, possibly two or three years or longer ago. Maybe not even this thread, though I doubt it. Does anyone remember where?