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Īs of 2023, Birmingham (served by the Crescent) is the only Gulf Breeze station still in operation. At the time Mobile was served also by the Sunset Limited ( Orlando, Florida– Los Angeles, California). The Gulf Breeze split from the Crescent at Birmingham and ran south through Montgomery to Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico, while the Crescent continued southwest through Mississippi to New Orleans. This was eventually realized as the Gulf Coast Limited, a joint effort between Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana which operated 1996–1997. Later that year attempts were made under the auspices of the Southern High Speed Rail Commission to resurrect the Gulf Breeze as a Mobile–New Orleans service, sharing part of the Sunset Limited's route. The last Gulf Breeze ran on 1 April 1995, and was replaced by bus service. In December 1994 Amtrak announced that the Gulf Breeze would be discontinued as part of a broad cost-cutting measure which saw other services eliminated or reduced.

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Annual ridership in FY 1994, the last full year of operation, was 7,737. Costs of operation were split between Amtrak and the state, with the latter contributing about $1.3 million per year. History The Gulf Breeze at Montgomery in March 1995, days before being discontinuedĪmtrak introduced the Gulf Breeze on Octoas a section of the Crescent ( New York City– New Orleans). The two trains split in Birmingham, with the Gulf Breeze serving an additional seven stations in Alabama on a 275-mile (443 km) route south to the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Breeze was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York City and Mobile, Alabama, as a section of the Crescent.

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