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Amtrak Government Affairs: December 2018
Amtrak Fact Sheet Fiscal Year 2018
State of Mississippi
Amtrak Service & Ridership
Amtrak serves Mississippi with two National Network trains:
• The City of New Orleans (daily Chicago-Memphis-Jackson-New Orleans) • The Crescent (daily New Orleans-Meridian-Birmingham-Atlanta-Charlotte-Charlottesville- New
York)
During FY18 Amtrak served the following Mississippi locations*:
City Boardings & Alightings Brookhaven 4,004 Greenwood 13,907 Hattiesburg 8,685 Hazlehurst 1,326 Jackson 44,645 Laurel 3,924 Marks* 622 McComb 4,770 Meridian 9,090 Picayune 2,119 Yazoo City 3,185 Total Mississippi Station Usage: 96,278
*Service began 5/4/18. **Service to Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, and Pascagoula via the Sunset Limited suspended 8/27/05.
Host Railroads & On Time Performance
Amtrak relies heavily on the cooperation of other railroads to operate routes using tracks that are not owned or controlled by Amtrak. Host railroads are statutorily required to provide Amtrak trains “preference” over freight transportation. However, on time performance on most host railroads is poor and continues to decline largely due to hosts ignoring their statutory responsibilities. Listed below are the Amtrak services that operate in Mississippi with each service’s host railroads and on-time performance (OTP) in FY18:
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Service Host Railroads FY18 OTP City of New Orleans Canadian National 45.8% Crescent Norfolk Southern 31.3%
“On-time performance” represents the percentage of stations at which the train arrives within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.
Amtrak Guest Rewards
At the end of FY18, there were 25,347 members of the Amtrak Guest Rewards program in Mississippi. This is a 12.7% increase from FY17.
New Station
Local, state, and Federal officials gathered on May 4, 2018, to dedicate the new station facility in Marks, with the arrival of the northbound City of New Orleans. Marks is located between Memphis and Greenwood. An ADA-compliant platform and shelter were built to support passenger service for the community.
Connecting Service
In August 2014, Amtrak partnered with Greyhound to provide connecting motor coach service from Mobile, Biloxi, Gulfport, and Hattiesburg to New Orleans and Jackson to connect with the City of New Orleans.
Service Restoration Update
In 2015, Amtrak conducted a ridership and revenue study for the Southern Rail Commission that outlined potential options for restoring service between New Orleans the Gulf Coast and Florida. Subsequently, the FAST Act of 2015 required Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to perform an analysis that was developed from the option the Southern Rail Commission chose to pursue from the previous study. That option was a daily, long-distance service between New Orleans and Orlando (with through service from Chicago) and a daily corridor service between New Orleans and Mobile.
In February 2016, Amtrak, in partnership with the Southern Rail Commission, operated a two-day inspection train from New Orleans to Jacksonville. The train made stops at all the previously served stops with significant fanfare and political support at each location.
The Gulf Coast Working Group, led by the FRA, concluded their work in May 2017 and submitted their findings to Congress, which included $118 million in capital improvements. Amtrak supports the findings of this report. While negotiations remain underway between the parties necessary to restore service between New Orleans and Florida, there is a strong desire to establish multiple frequency corridor service between New Orleans and Mobile utilizing the CRISI Grant Program with matching support from the states.
HancockHarrison
Jackson
StoneGeorge
Pearl River
WalthallPike
Amite
Wilkinson MarionPerry
Lamar
Forrest
Greene
Franklin LincolnAdams Lawrence
Jefferson DavisCovington
Jones
Jefferson
Wayne
SimpsonCopiahSmith
Jasper
Claiborne Clarke
Hinds Newton
Lauderdale
Rankin
Warren
Scott
Madison KemperLeake
NeshobaIssaquena Yazoo
Sharkey
AttalaWinston
NoxubeeHumphreys
HolmesWashington
ChoctawOktibbeha
CarrollMontgomery
Webster
Lowndes
ClayLeflore
Grenada
Sunflower
ChickasawMonroe
Bolivar
Calhoun
Tallahatchie
Yalobusha
PontotocItawamba
Lee
Quitman
CoahomaPanola
Lafayette Union
PrentissTateTunica
MarshallBentonDesoto
Tippah TishomingoAlcorn
Paulding
Vancleave
Conehatta
Bogue Chitto
Farmington
Ansley
Nicholson
CarriereMcNeill Saucier Wade
McHenry
Perkinston
Fort Adams
Agricola
Sandy HookMaxie
Wilkinson
BaxtervilleBrooklyn
Holmesville KokomoMcLaurin
Foxworth
SibleyGarden City
SmithdaleMorgantown
RuthBogue Chitto Oak ValeMcCall Creek
Hamburg
Stanton
Sanford Ovett
Church Hill
Union ChurchSontag
Battles
Oma
Clara
LormanMartinsville
Myrick Winchester
Shivers
Pattison
Grand GulfHarrisville
CarpenterGatesville
Stafford Springs
RegantonStar
BurnsRoberts
PulaskiBasic
Snell
RedwoodBrownsville
Eagle BendBranch Hillsboro
PhoenixValley Park
Suqualena
Ludlow
Fitler
Little Rock Lauderdale
Tinsley
Neshoba
Way
Prismatic
Madden
Holly Bluff CamdenVaughan
DeWeese Porterville
EdinburgThomastown
Grace EbenezerMcVille
Chatham
Stallo
ZamaGholson
Howard
Wayside
Mashulaville
Betheden
Black Hawk
Poplar CreekCoila
Winterville
Scott
Longview
Skene
Pheba
Elliott
Minter CityHolcomb Montpelier
Strong
Albin Paynes
Prairie
Deeson
Trebloc
Hillhouse
MattsonVelma
EnidBanner
Farrell
Troy
Randolph
Hinchcliff
Tula
Tilden
Denmark BeldenIngomar
Dubbs
Fairview
Sarah
Etta
Hollywood
GeevilleDennis
Penton
Holcut
Slayden CanaanEastport
Bay St.Louis
D'Iberville
Petal
West Point
Booneville
Waveland PassChristian
Columbia
Philadelphia
Kosciusko
Louisville
Aberdeen
Amory
Batesville
New Albany
Holly Springs
Waynesboro
Hazlehurst
Crystal Springs
Richland
Forest
Carthage
Leland Winona
Pontotoc
Senatobia
Hernando
Ripley
PoplarvilleWiggins
Lucedale
Magnolia Purvis
EllisvilleCollins
Mendenhall
Quitman
Raymond
Rolling Fork
Lexington
Belzoni
Macon
RosedaleHouston
Okolona
Water Valley
Fulton
Sardis
Iuka
WoodvilleTylertown Leakesville
Monticello
Fayette
Prentiss
Port Gibson Bay Springs
Raleigh
Decatur
De Kalb
Ackerman
Tunica
New Augusta
Meadville
Mayersville
Carrollton
Walthall
SumnerPittsboroCoffeeville
Ashland
Charleston
Vaiden
Liberty
Lumberton
Magee
Florence
Newton
HollandaleDurant
Tchula
Itta Bena
Shaw
Eupora
Drew
Shelby
NettletonVerona
Baldwyn
Centreville
Gloster
Beaumont
RichtonSumrall
Wesson
Taylorsville
Stonewall
EdwardsPelahatchie
Flora Union
Pickens
Goodman
Inverness
Metcalfe
Brooksville
Duck Hill
Calhoun City
Lambert
JonestownFriars Point
Crenshaw
MantachieSaltillo
Como
Coldwater
Belmont
Burnsville
Osyka
Crosby
McLain
Roxie BassfieldState Line
Seminary
Beauregard New HebronMount Olive Soso
Georgetown
Sandersville
Mize HeidelbergShubuta
Braxton
UticaTerry Puckett
Learned
Montrose
Polkville
LakeChunky
BentoniaSatartia
Lena Sebastopol
Cary
AnguillaLouise Eden
Scooba
SallisSilver City
Noxapater Shuqualak
Ethel
Arcola Isola
West McCool
Morgan City
French Camp
Kilmichael
Sunflower
Benoit
Artesia
Doddsville Schlater
Maben
PaceMerigold Glendora
Slate Spring
Gunnison
Caledonia
Woodland
Vardaman
Alligator Oakland
Gattman
New HoulkaHatley
Crowder
Smithville
Courtland
Algoma
Taylor
Falcon
Thaxton
Lula
Tremont
Blue Springs
AbbevilleMyrtle
Marietta
Potts CampBlue Mountain Paden
Jumpertown
Byhalia
Rienzi
Falkner Kossuth
Walnut
Biloxi Pascagoula
Hattiesburg
Vicksburg Meridian
Greenville
Tupelo
Long Beach Gautier
OceanSprings
PicayuneMoss Point
McComb
Natchez BrookhavenLaurel
PearlBrandon
ClintonRidgelandMadison
Canton
Yazoo City
Indianola
GreenwoodStarkville
Columbus
ClevelandGrenada
Clarksdale
Oxford
Horn LakeOlive Branch Corinth
Gulfport
Jackson
NOTE-Sunset Limited service suspended 8/27/05
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