The longer trains started Friday and will continue past Fat Tuesday on Feb. 17.

NEW ORLEANS — Amtrak is adding a coach to one of the two Mardi Gras Service trainsets beginning today (Friday, Jan. 9) to accommodate anticipated additional demand sparked by the Carnival season along ...

The additional coach car will run continuously for 45 days through February 23, expanding the popular Mobile-New Orleans route that has already served 46,000 passengers since August.

The expansion reflects the revived route’s sustained demand across the Gulf Coast since launching last summer.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amtrak trains headed between New Orleans and Mobile across South Mississippi will be longer from now through the end of Carnival ...