The new Mardi Gras Service runs from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., and lets visitors explore the Gulf Coast’s pleasantly walkable waterfront towns without a car.
Amtrak – the US’s national railway – launched the new service in the Deep South in August 2025 and it has already caught the interest of locals. A shop worker and Uber driver tell me they have never ...
Mardi Gras is coming early in 2026, with a few parades rolling as early as January. Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday is Feb. 17.