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Mississippi cities to Mobile: Commit to Amtrak's Gulf Coast return
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Mississippi cities to Mobile: Commit to Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return
Updated Jan 28, 2020; Posted Jan 27, 2020
Pascagouls, Miss., residents welcome the Amtrak inspection train as it travels from New Orleans, La., to Bay St. Louis and eventually on to Florida on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Officials in coastal Mississippi are encouraging the Mobile City Council to vote Tuesday in support of bringing Amtrak back to the Gulf Coast.
In Biloxi, the mayor is planning to deliver a “State of the City” speech Thursday encouraging Mobile to “move forward” in support of Amtrak’s return to the coastal region for the first time since 2005. And city officials in Pascagoula and Bay St. Louis are also encouraging for Mobile’s support. The New Orleans-to-Mobile route includes four stops along the way – Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.
“We think it’s vitally important Mobile votes for it,” said Vincent Creel, city spokesman in Biloxi, where a multi-modal transit center includes a train depot and is raring to accept Amtrak trains where visitors can easily access minor league baseball games and casinos.
“It creates that synergy from New Orleans to Mobile,” Creel said. “It would create a unity for the cities along the Gulf Coast.”
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Mississippi cities to Mobile: Commit to Amtrak’s Gulf Coast return
Updated Jan 28, 2020; Posted Jan 27, 2020
Pascagouls, Miss., residents welcome the Amtrak inspection train as it travels from New Orleans, La., to Bay St. Louis and eventually on to Florida on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Officials in coastal Mississippi are encouraging the Mobile City Council to vote Tuesday in support of bringing Amtrak back to the Gulf Coast.
In Biloxi, the mayor is planning to deliver a “State of the City” speech Thursday encouraging Mobile to “move forward” in support of Amtrak’s return to the coastal region for the first time since 2005. And city officials in Pascagoula and Bay St. Louis are also encouraging for Mobile’s support. The New Orleans-to-Mobile route includes four stops along the way – Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.
“We think it’s vitally important Mobile votes for it,” said Vincent Creel, city spokesman in Biloxi, where a multi-modal transit center includes a train depot and is raring to accept Amtrak trains where visitors can easily access minor league baseball games and casinos.
“It creates that synergy from New Orleans to Mobile,” Creel said. “It would create a unity for the cities along the Gulf Coast.”
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