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Amtrak Gulf Coast Service: Analyzing the Blame Game
June 01, 2021
Amtrak Gulf Coast Service: Analyzing the Blame Game Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor
Amtrak is attempting to start service between Mobile and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) oppose Amtrak’s plan, and the issue is now before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The issues are purportedly operational, having to do with rail capacity at the Port of Mobile, although there are also procedural issues to the controversy. There is a political dimension, too, with essentially the entire political establishment in Mississippi supporting Amtrak’s position and all of Alabama’s opposing it.
Gulf Coast Service? Not So Fast, Say CSX, NS
Gulf Coast Service? Not So Fast, Say CSX, NS Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
In late February, Amtrak confirmed its intention to begin service between New Orleans and Mobile in 2022. But a stakeholder agreement had not yet been reached.
“Unripe.” That is what CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) have called Amtrak’s application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) asking for an order requiring the freight railroads to permit access for twice daily round-trip passenger service between New Orleans and Mobile, starting on or about Jan. 1, 2022.
In their April 5 STB filing, CSX and NS called for the dismissal of Amtrak’s application for these reasons: