US Edition$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, the Regional Transportation Council in North Central Texas approved $3.5 million to fund the Heartland Flyer train service for an additional year.
- The funding was necessary because the Texas Legislature did not allocate money to support the 206-mile route operating between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.
- The Heartland Flyer carried about 82,000 riders last year and serves as Oklahoma's only passenger rail, supporting tourism and business along the I-35 corridor.
- Oklahoma Senators Mark Mann and Bill Coleman emphasized the route’s importance, with Mann saying the vote keeps an important service going and Coleman highlighting tourism as Oklahoma’s third-largest industry.
- The funding extension preserves critical regional transportation and opens possibilities to expand the service into Kansas, ensuring the train remains a vital infrastructure component.
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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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