Amtrak is about to make traveling by rail possible between Vicksburg and Meridian along the I-20 corridor, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast I-10 corridor linking Mobile, AL., to New Orleans.

Beginning this summer, Amtrak’s new rail service will operate twice daily, morning and evening, with key stops in Mississippi in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula.

Platforms are ready along the coastal towns for the three-hour journey; construction on a train platform in Mobile, AL, should be ready by late June. The new site is close to the Mobile, Alabama Convention Center and Cooper Riverside Park.