Government leaders in Mobile, Alabama, are slowing down chances for reviving passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast, which has been dormant since Hurricane Katrina. Members of the Mobile’s City Council finance committee withheld support for funding service through Alabama’s port city. The full council could vote on the issue next week. Louisiana and Mississippi have approved funding to restart the trains, but Alabama hasn’t. Officials at the Alabama State Port worry that passenger trains could disrupt freight service through the port. The Southern Rail Commission supports restarting passenger trains between Mobile and New Orleans with stops in Mississippi.
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