Monday, August 11, 2025 BusinessInsider Amtrak’s NOLA-to-Mobile passenger rail route gets moving next week By Dillon Lowe - August 11, 2025 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint (iStock) Amtrak’s new Gulf Coast passenger rail route running from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama, starts Monday, Aug. 18. The twice-daily route, called the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service, will have four M… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.