AMTRACK SERVICE IN NW FLORIDA

Local lawmakers would like to restore passenger train service along the Gulf Coast. Service on Amtrak’s Sunset Limited Line was scrapped after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Last February, Florida state senator Doug Broxson and others rode the Amtrak inspection train for a firsthand look at restoring the eastern arm of the Sunset Limited Line that would offer daily roundtrip service between New Orleans and Orlando with stops in Pensacola and Crestview. In July, the Gulf Coast Working Group, a group created by Congress to study the service, released a report saying it would cost 117 million dollars to restore service.