An Amtrak inspection train, filled with government and rail transportation officials and media, arrives in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday Feb. 18, 2016. The trip marked the first time in more than 10 years a passenger train has left New Orleans headed east to Florida. (file photo)
The City of Mobile could share in the payment of a $3.048 million operations subsidy for Amtrak’s Gulf Coast service with the State of Alabama and the Alabama State Port Authority, according to Mayor Sandy Stimpson.
The mayor, in comments to the City Council during a pre-conference meeting Tuesday, said that Gov. Kay Ivey’s office and the Port Authority gave verbal approval toward helping the city offset the costs for operating a twice-daily Amtrak service from Mobile to New Orleans.
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