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Article: Amtrak's Heartland Flyer turns five
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- June 15, 2004
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Monday marked the fifth anniversary of Amtrak's Heartland Flyer
service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. The anniversary was
observed at the Santa Fe Station in downtown Oklahoma City by
representatives of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the
Heartland Flyer Coalition and Amtrak. Representatives of Norman,
Purcell, Pauls Valley and Ardmore joined in the celebration as the
train made its way south to and Fort Worth.
Passenger rail service returned to Oklahoma after a 20-year
absence on June 14, 1999. Oklahoma lost its Amtrak service in 1979,
when the Chicago-Dallas/Houston Lone Star was among several trains
that were discontinued. In the last five years, nearly 300,000 people ...