This file photo shows passengers boarding an Amtrak train heading to New Orleans from Atlanta on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. A federal board is hearing testimony on whether to let Amtrak resume passenger train service linking New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, over the objections of freight companies. The hearings are before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP
This story was updated at 3:11 p.m. with comments from Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission.
Amtrak’s passenger rail service is set to make its return to Mobile, after one member of the Mobile City Council decided to support it, securing the needed votes on the council.
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