Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast continues to be a question with very few answers to it.

Will the trains roll between New Orleans to Mobile before the end of the year? How much will tickets cost? When can I start reserving a trip?

“We wanted to start the train the first of October,” said Knox Ross, secretary/treasurer with the Southern Rail Commission – the agency created by Congress in 1982, and advocates for passenger rail service in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. “There are just so many moving parts.”