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[KevinKorell]

WALA-TV, Fox-10 in Mobile, AL, 6/16/24:

 

 

    Mobile County to hold Amtrak/simulation exercise Monday    

 

Mobile County officials say there will be increased first responder presence for a closed training exercise south of downtown Mobile Monday morning.

 

They say it will take place at the CSX rail yard and will be an Amtrak exercise/simulation for first responders.

 

 

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Trains News Wire

 

Alabama port authority votes to help fund Amtrak service

 

By Trains Staff | June 19, 2024

 

Turnabout by former opponent helps advance funding deal

 

MOBILE, Ala. — A once-unlikely source — the Alabama State Port Authority — has agreed to provide a share of the funding needed to launch Amtrak service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala.

 

On Tuesday, the Port Authority board, once a vehement opponent of Gulf Coast service on the grounds it might interfere with freight operations, agreed to provide $1 million toward costs for the first three years of the passenger operation, WALA-TV reports. 

 

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While the unanimous vote by the Port Authority board clears one more hurdle in the long-running effort to launch the Gulf Coast service, the state has still not identified a source for its share of the funds, since its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year is already set.  . . .

 

 

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