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Article: Daily Amtrak between OKC and Fort Worth, the Heartland Flyer, changes schedule
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- December 30, 2003
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The Heartland Flyer, the daily Amtrak train between Oklahoma City
and Fort Worth, will have a new schedule starting Jan. 12 reflecting
a 16-minute faster trip.
The service is operated by Amtrak under a contract with the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation and with the support of the
Heartland Flyer Coalition, a group representing the communities along
the 206-mile corridor.
The Heartland Flyer operates over a route owned by the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railway. Recently the railway completed an upgrade
of its signal system that will allow the train to reach its top speed
of 79 miles per hour over more of its route.
The signal system improvement was supported by ODOT federal safety ...