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482: 915: 726: 691: 501: 34: 392: 199: 1311: 1316: 620:. Resumption of service would require the construction new platforms and an overnight yard at the site. As of February 2024, there remained unresolved issues between Amtrak and Mobile over cost sharing and possible interference with port operations. However, on May 6, Mobile's Board of Zoning Adjustment approved a zoning exception that allows Amtrak to construct a temporary station near the site of the former station. 623:
In June 2024, service restoration took a significant step forward when the city, state, and Port Authority reached a tentative agreement to fund the service for three years. The Port Authority reversed its earlier opposition because a federal grant of $ 70M for infrastructure improvements would
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benefit the port. In August the Mobile city council approved the operating subsidy. Service could begin in the spring of 2025.
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were under consideration. By 2021, Amtrak announced the possibility of restarting service to Mobile as a restoration of the
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replete with diner and sleeper service, that made the trip during daylight hours in Florida for most of the route.
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Former Louisville & Nashville services which utilized the station included the
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sold the property to a developer, who razed the station in 2007.
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1954 timetable, showing five westbound trains from Mobile station
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Mobile, AL – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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Railway stations in the United States closed in the 2000s
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Amtrak announced in 2016 that plans for a return of the
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through Mobile. Until 1971, the L&N operated the
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 2005
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1985
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1989
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1984
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1956
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Mobile Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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Biloxi, Mississippi: Gray Local Media 814: 1365: 1059: 1006: 1161: 1111: 979: 869: 657: 582:began stopping here in 1993, and the 389: 320: 196: 1453:Alabama building and structure stubs 1305: 798:Seaboard Air Line Railroad timetable 961:. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 23 935:. Amtrak. April 2, 1995. p. 17 875: 839: 586:was discontinued in 1995. In 2005, 495:Louisville & Nashville Railroad 13: 1403:1956 establishments in Mississippi 1060:Luczak, Marybeth (May 6–7, 2024). 1007:Lassen, David (February 2, 2024). 741:Louisville and Nashville timetable 14: 1469: 1378:Transportation in Mobile, Alabama 1373:Former Amtrak stations in Alabama 1136: 980:Kirby, Brendan (August 3, 2023). 778:"Southern Railway, Tables A, 2". 759:"Southern Railway, Tables A, C". 322:Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1314: 1309: 913: 724: 689: 390: 197: 38:Mobile station in September 1974 1105: 1093:. Kalmbach Media. 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Mobile, Alabama
30°41′24″N 88°02′17″W / 30.690°N 88.038°W / 30.690; -88.038
CSX
NO&M Subdivision
L&N

Amtrak
Pascagoula
Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
Atmore
Orlando
Miami
Pascagoula
New Orleans
Gulf Coast Limited
Gulf Breeze
Atmore
Birmingham
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Choctaw
New Orleans
Hurricane
Cincinnati

Amtrak
Pascagoula
New Orleans
Gulf Coast

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