Amtrak to Restore Service Between Alabama and Louisiana for First Time Since Hurricane Katrina
route between Mobile and New Orleans earlier this month. This decision would mean that this particular route will return for the first time since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.reported that the council decided to dedicate $3 million for four trains to run daily — morning and evening — between Mobile and New Orleans.
“This is a positive and it sends a clear message that Mobilians want to see this train moving,” Wiley Blankenship, a representative of the Southern Rail Commission and president and CEO of the Coastal Alabama Partnership, said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do. We can celebrate this one small milestone, but we have to secure infrastructure and we have to help the city find a way to secure to build the station out.
Additionally, some opponents of this new initiative have cited possibly heavy burdens on taxpayers as well in terms of providing revenue and paying for operating the line, with one council member referring to the project as “a joy ride for the affluent.”
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