A federal board overseeing the nation’s railways blasted Amtrak Wednesday for a lack of progress in getting its passenger rail service restored on the Gulf Coast, and ordered the parties involved in an ongoing case before them to provide a detailed status report in 30 days.

U.S. Surface Transportation Board members, during the hearing in Washington, D.C., repeatedly expressed disappointment over the inability to get Amtrak trains operating between Mobile and New Orleans more than 14 months after a confidential agreement was reached in a highly watched case with national implications over the future of passenger rail service.