The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad began operating in 1908 to reduce congestion at the Port of New Orleans and to improve rail access to the port. It runs along the Mississippi riverfront and over the Huey P. Long Bridge. Today, more than one third of the nation’s east-west rail freight passes through these tracks.
The Public Belt is unique among the railroads of the United States in that it is publicly owned and operated by the community it serves; it is owned by the citizens of the City of New Orleans.
Born out of the long slow sound of the nightly train, Public Belt at The Hilton Riverside celebrates all that the rail brought to our city at the turn of the 20th century. Just as the Belt connected places, our guests can connect to an era of candle-lit rooms, the sound of hot jazz and the romance of a stolen moment
in time.
Please note, Public Belt offers its patrons validated $5.00 self-parking (not valid for hotel guests of Hilton Riverside).
