Join the Effort to Restore Amtrak Service New Orleans-Florida!

Amtrak service between New Orleans and Orlando has not operated since immediately prior to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast. The tracks on which this important passenger service operated were severely damaged.

Today, the tracks, signals, and bridges have long since been repaired. However, the trains have not resumed.

The Florida cities of Pensacola, Chipley, Crestview, Tallahassee, and Lake City have been entirely without passenger rail service ever since. So too have been other important cities in our region, like Biloxi, MS and Mobile, AL.

FCRP urges you to join Mayors, City Councils, County Commissions, Chambers of Commerce, and citizens throughout the state of Florida and the Southeast who are speaking out on this issue.

Please call or write Florida's Senators, our Governor, and your Member of Congress concerning this issue today. Tell them that you want passenger train service between New Orleans and Florida restored-- NOW!

You can help now by joining the National Association of Railroad Passengers' My Gulf Coast campaign. Visit this website for contact information for your elected officials today!

Read Letters and Resolutions from Elected Officials, Planning Organizations, and the National Association of Railroad Passengers Expressing Support for New Orleans-Florida Amtrak Service Restoration:

Chipley.pdf                                                                 DeLand.pdf 

Putnam County.pdf                                                      N Fla Rgnl Planning (Minutes).pdf

Jacksonville.pdf                                                           Tallahassee.doc  

Palatka.doc                                                                Atmore, AL.doc 

Okaloosa County                                                         Gulf Breeze (Council Minutes).pdf

NARP                                                                        Mississippi State Senate 

New Orleans.doc                                                         Florida Alabama TPO

DeFuniak Springs Letter.pdf                                           DeFuniak Springs Resolution

Southern High Speed Rail Commission                              Wakulla County

Ft. Walton Beach

Be sure to read Amtrak's Gulf Coast Service Plan, a report to Congress on the subject and Restore the Gulf Coast Connector Now!, the National Association of Railroad Passengers' response to Amtrak's report.