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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ted Thornhill

Amtrak revives Gulf Coast service 20 years after Hurricane Katrina brought it to a standstill

Tickets are now on sale for a new train service between New Orleans (pictured) and Mobile, Alabama - (Getty Images)

Tickets are now on sale for a train service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, that has been revived 20 years after it was halted by Hurricane Katrina.

The new, twice-daily Amtrak Mardi Gras Service begins on August 18, and will take three hours and 43 minutes to travel the 145-mile Gulf Coast route.

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