August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Mobile City Council approved resolutions this week that clears the way for passenger rail service to resume between New Orleans and the Port City for the first time in 20 years.The final vote...
October 26, 2023 - bossierpress.com - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, joined by Department of Transportation and Development Sec. Eric Kalivoda, Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gardner and other officials, signed a service development agreement this week that will advance the return...
April 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Executives of Amtrak, Canadian Pacific and KCS along with federal, Louisiana state and local officials took an inspection tour of the Kansas City Southern Railway line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans today, in...
Updated December 10, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
Canadian Pacific Railway announced that the railway is committed to establishing passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The announcement was made by James Clements, Senior VP of Strategic Planning and...
May 2, 2020 - SunHerald.com -
More money has been awarded to restoring a passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Mississippi’s U.S. congressmen announced Friday.
A $5.45 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to the Southern Rail Commission will...
June 15, 2018 - businessreport.com -
Plans for two Baton Rouge rail stations to be unveiled Tuesday.
While officials still haven’t determined how to pay for the proposed passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, they have a general idea...