The service, dubbed the Mardi Gras Service, launches on August 18. “Passengers will be able to make same-day connections to Amtrak’s City of New Orleans line to Chicago and next-day transfers to the Crescent line to New York and the Sunset Limited to Los Angeles.”

The long-awaited passenger service is on the way. Here’s when trains will roll and the details on prices and schedules.

All aboard! The revived Amtrak passenger train service from New Orleans to Mobile will start rolling again on Aug. 18, with tickets available for purchase now for as low as $15. Amtrak unveiled the opening date during a multi-state press conference Tuesday.