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Nearly 100k expected at Peter Anderson this weekend—and Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is making a special stop in Ocean Springs. Skip parking; take the train. #PeterAndersonFestival #yallaboard

Gulf Coast ridership win: Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service roughly doubled its projected first-year riders. More proof the Coast wants the train. #yallaboard

#yallaboard The Peter Anderson Festival starts tomorrow! Sat Nov 7 and Sun Nov 8: Mobile 6:25a ($15 each way, limited $15 seats), New Orleans 7:35a, evening trains home. No parking. @OceanSpringsCha @VisitNewOrleans @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Paul Lowry CC BY 4.0

#yallaboard Make Sunday, Nov 8 your Peter Anderson Festival day. Mobile 6:25a ($15 limited), home 7:52p. New Orleans 7:35a, home 8:13p. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard New Orleans day trip: Peter Anderson Festival Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 7:35a, arrive ~9:50, home 5:28p→8:13. No parking. Fares vary. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @neworleansandco @VisitNewOrleans @amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

From New Orleans, the Sunset Limited heads west to San Antonio and Los Angeles. The Mardi Gras Service gets you to New Orleans from Mobile and the Coast.

#yallaboard Mobile: $15 seats still up for Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 6:25a, arrive ~7:25, home 7:52p→9:19. Limited seats. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Mobile: $15 seats still up for Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8. Leave 6:25a, arrive ~7:25, home 7:52p→9:19. Limited seats. Murky Waters or Mosaic after. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Stay for Sunday supper after the Peter Anderson Festival! Mobile 6:25a ($15 each way, limited seats), Murky Waters or Mosaic, 7:52p train home. New Orleans 7:35a, home 8:13p. Sat Nov 7 too. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL @VisitNewOrleans amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard King cake bites for riders arriving at the Peter Anderson Festival, while they last! Nov 7 or 8: Mobile 6:25a, $15 each way (limited seats). New Orleans 7:35a. Evening trains home. @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber

#yallaboard Peter Anderson Festival, Sat Nov 7 or Sun Nov 8: Amtrak stops right at the entrance. Mobile to Ocean Springs is $15, but $15 seats are limited. Leave 6:25a, home by 9:19p. amtrak.com/mardigras @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL 📷 Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce

#yallaboard Holiday plans on the Gulf Coast? The Mardi Gras Service runs twice a day between New Orleans and Mobile, with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula. @neworleansandco @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL @PlayCoastalMS

#yallaboard King cake bites from Sucre Dolot Bakery for train riders arriving at the Peter Anderson Festival, Nov 7-8! Seats on every train both days, with limited $15 seats from Mobile. amtrak.com/mardigras @PlayCoastalMS @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL Story: wlox.com/2026/11/01/ocean-sp… #PeterAndersonFestival

#yallaboard Sunday, Nov 8 in downtown Ocean Springs: the Peter Anderson Arts and Crafts Festival (9 to 5), plus the shops and restaurants of Washington Avenue, all a short walk from the Mardi Gras Service stop. The train leaves Mobile at 6:25 a.m., arrives about 7:25, and the 7:52 p.m. train returns to Mobile at 9:19. amtrak.com/amtrak-mardi-gras… #PeterAndersonFestival @VisitMobileAL @OceanSpringsCha @PlayCoastalMS

#yallaboard One week out: skip festival parking Sunday, Nov 8. 6:25 a.m. train from Mobile, downtown Ocean Springs by 7:25, Peter Anderson Festival 9 to 5, 7:52 p.m. train home. @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 rossograph CC BY-SA 4.0

#yallaboard Festival plus museum Sunday, Nov 8: 6:25 a.m. train from Mobile, Peter Anderson Festival at 9, Walter Anderson Museum 1 to 5, supper, 7:52 p.m. train home. @PlayCoastalMS @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Georgianotthestate CC BY-SA 4.0

#yallaboard Great way to start a Friday: riding the Mardi Gras Service from Mobile to New Orleans. Thanks for riding, @wxhistorian! @Amtrak @VisitNewOrleans @VisitMobileAL

#yallaboard Congratulations to Monroe Mayor Friday Ellis on joining the Southern Rail Commission Executive Committee! We look forward to working together to bring passenger rail to north Louisiana. @CityofMonroe @La_DOTD @MonroeWMonroe @OuachitaCitizen hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen…

#yallaboard The South's rail revival, Gulf Coast included. Good read from @Northatlstar: northatlantastar.com/south-p… @Amtrak @La_DOTD @MississippiDOT @City_of_Mobile @SouthernRailCms #MardiGrasService

#yallaboard 9 days to the Peter Anderson Festival! Sunday, Nov 8: 6:25 a.m. train from Mobile, 400+ artists, sunset on Front Beach, supper downtown, 7:52 p.m. train home. No parking. @PlayCoastalMS @OceanSpringsCha @VisitMobileAL amtrak.com/mardigras 📷 Anably CC BY-SA 4.0