‘Amtrak expects to be able to run the train’: Mississippi city to reactivate train station for Gulf Coast

The coastal Mississippi city of Bay St. Louis is hosting a groundbreaking on Monday to celebrate the “reactivation” of the city’s Amtrak train station that has been mothballed since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast nearly 17 years ago.

U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg will be on hand for a 2 p.m. event that includes a groundbreaking for the construction activity that will take place to get the station prepared for Amtrak’s return.

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