It’s been 20 years since Amtrak trains rolled between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama.

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.

SIOUX CITY — Sioux City's Mardi Gras Parade will return to the Missouri riverfront Thursday, after 16 years of following a downtown route. "We're super excited to bring it back to the riverfront.

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

Local News Amtrak Mardi Gras Service to roll out next month The twice-daily route, branded as the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service, will restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast.

When will the Mardi Gras Service route run? The Mardi Gras Service will have twice-daily trains between Mobile and New Orleans. There will be morning and evening departures from both cities.

Amtrak is bringing its Mardi Gras route to Alabama. Find out when the service starts and how much tickets will be ...

All aboard. Amtrak riders can now book their tickets for the new Mardi Gras Service, which will start on Aug. 18. After two decades, the rail service announced in April that they had plans to restore ...

The Mardi Gras Service, starting on Aug. 18, will connect New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., by train for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.