Amtrak announced on it will start new, twice-daily service connecting Mobile, Ala., with New Orleans on Aug. 18 and cost $15 per ticket, one way.
The Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer four trips daily with stops in Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay Saint Louis in Mississippi.
Knox Ross is the chairman of the Southern Rail Commission, which played a key role in helping to bring the service ...