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Heartland Flyer to Tulsa?!?
December 11, 2006
On the heels of yesterday’s NewsOK article (and possibly a News 9 story, since The Oklahoman and News 9 combined their stories for NewsOK), KFOR.com today noted an interesting development in the future of the Heartland Flyer.
It seems that Amtrak senior director of government affairs Ray Lang has recently started telling people in the know that it would be a good idea to expand the Heartland Flyer service from Oklahoma City to Tulsa. According to the article, Mr. Lang says doing so would make the Heartland Flyer “more relevant” to Amtrak’s system as a whole.
The article states that Tulsa is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the country without dedicated rail service.
Quite interesting. Unfortunately, one big thing that would throw a wrench in this is that the necessary upgrades to the rails for this route (already owned by the state) would have to be paid for by the state.
Here’s hoping!
Posted by paul at December 11, 2006 05:41 PM
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Dad said on December 17, 2006 02:36 PMPaul,
I'm spending time on the internet while Mom sleeps as she still doesn't feel good. I just figured out how to listen to the Bears on WBBM while on the net. Cool!
Glad to see you are keeping track of the railroad stuff.
:)
See you in a few weeks,
Dad