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

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