$3.5 Million Provided to Keep the Heartland Flyer in Route
OKLAHOMA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JUL 10 – The $3.5 million funding will sustain the Heartland Flyer, which serves 80,000 trips annually and supports workforce mobility and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, officials said.
- On Thursday, regional transportation officials in North Central Texas approved a $3.5 million allocation to keep Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer service operating for an additional year.
- This decision came after Texas lawmakers cut annual funding for the 206-mile passenger rail route connecting Oklahoma City and Fort Worth.
- The Heartland Flyer, which carried 82,000 riders last year, supports tourism and business along the I-35 corridor and offers a special 'Big Game Train' service for football fans.
- Officials emphasized the route's value, with Senator Bill Coleman stating it gives Oklahomans more travel flexibility and Texans a convenient cross-border connection, while passenger Jeremy Ring called it a critical piece of infrastructure.
- The funding guarantees that Oklahoma’s sole passenger train route will remain operational for now, although experts like LeCody view this as a short-term solution while plans are underway to extend the service into Kansas.
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Local Texas group to fund Heartland Flyer for a year
The inaugural Heartland Flyer pauses at Ardmore, Okla., on June 14, 1999. Today’s train operates with two Superliner coaches and a Superliner coach-cafe, with a locomotive at each end to facilitate push-pull operations. Bob Johnston ARLINGTON, Texas — The Heartland Flyer passenger service has received a one-year funding reprieve, thanks to a decision by the federally designated planning organization for the Dallas-Fort Worth area to divert fundi…
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