June 9, 2025 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia - 

The Heartland Flyer hasn’t rolled off the tracks just yet.

Regional officials are working to maintain funding to keep the Amtrak passenger train’s daily trips from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City — at least temporarily. 

State legislators did not appropriate more than $7 million to fund the service until 2027 despite support from their counterparts in Oklahoma, which co-funds the program.

The Amtrak train — initially expected to stop by the end of June — may stay in motion until Sept. 30, the end of fiscal year 2025, said Michael Morris, transportation director for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the 16-county agency that distributes funding for road, rail and air quality improvements. Funding for fiscal year 2026 is questionable, he said.

Read more: https://fortworthreport.org/2025/06/09/regional-effort-could-keep-heartland-flyer-passenger-train-moving-until-october/

Photo credit: Texas Rail Advocates - 10 year anniversary of Heartland Flyer, June 14, 2009 at Oklahoma City