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[KevinKorell]

AL.com 1/27/20:

 

 

 

  Mississippi cities to Mobile: Commit to Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return 

 

 

Officials in coastal Mississippi are encouraging the Mobile City Council to vote Tuesday in support of bringing Amtrak back to the Gulf Coast.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WLOX-TV, Channel 13 in Mobile, AL, 1/28/20:

 

 

    Amtrak service along the Coast still in jeopardy after Mobile postpones vote yet again  

 

 

The future of Amtrak passenger rail service is still hanging in the balance after city leaders in Mobile postponed their vote Tuesday morning.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WLOX-TV, Channel 13 in Biloxi, MS, 1/31/20:

 

 

   Will freight traffic be derailed by Amtrak service to Mississippi?

 

 

Mississippi Coast leaders have supported the concept of a revived Amtrak line since it was first proposed in 2015.

 

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[KevinKorell]

WLOX-TV, Channel 13 in Biloxi, MS, 2/3/20:

 

 

 

   Amtrak popular in polling, but is that enough in Mobile?   

 

 

In 2016, Donald Trump secured a whopping 62% of the Alabama vote during the presidential election.

 

In 2018, Kay Ivey won the Alabama gubernatorial race with 60% of the vote. The electorate sent a message that was “loud and clear,” she said.

 

But both outcomes pale in comparison to the public support Amtrak generally seems to generate in poll after poll on the Gulf Coast and beyond.

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[KevinKorell]

WLOX-TV, Channel 13 in Biloxi, MS, 2/4/20:

 

 

  Amtrak to span the Coast after Mobile votes to allow rail service  

 

Plans for a rail service that runs from New Orleans to Mobile with stops along the Mississippi Gulf Coast will proceed.

 

Mobile City Council met Tuesday to vote on the much-debated issue after tabling it last week for more discussion.

 

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[KevinKorell]

AL.com  2/4/20:

 

 

   Mobile hops aboard Amtrak support by endorsing Gulf Coast rail commitment  

 

 

With a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the Mobile City Council hopped on board with its support of Amtrak service by committing around $3 million starting in the year 2023 so that passenger trains can run between the Port City and New Orleans.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Alabama Public Radio, 2/7/20:

 

 

  Mobile's Amtrak deal..."what's next?" An APR News Feature  

 

 

 

Passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans took a big step forward this week. That’s when the Mobile City Council voted to pay up to three million dollars to cover some operating costs for the first three years. However, you may not want to get in line to buy a ticket just yet.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Biloxi, MS Sun-Herald, 5/2/20:

 

 

   Gulf Coast gets $5.4 million for new Amtrak passenger train from New Orleans to Mobile  

 

 

More money has been awarded to restoring a passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Mississippi’s U.S. congressmen announced Friday.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Alabama Public Radio, 5/21/20:

 

How COVID figures into plans to restore Amtrak service in Mobile

 

 

Passenger trains haven’t run between Mobile and New Orleans for almost fifteen years. Plans to restore service got a recent boost with the announcement of more than five million dollars in funding.

 

Story is here.

Cross-posted in Amtrak (restore Gulf Coast thread) and Coronavirus/Amtrak forums with relevance to both.

[KevinKorell]

WLBT-TV, Channel 3 in Jackson, MS, 1/22/21:

 

   ‘Mayor Pete’ Buttigieg accepts invitation to tour Amtrak route on the Mississippi Gulf Coast    

 

Mayor Pete could be headed to Mississippi.

Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 presidential candidate, was recently tapped by President Biden for the job of Secretary of Transportation.

 

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