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The Heartland Flyer is a daily passenger train that follows a 206-mile (332 km) route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas. It is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
The train's daily round-trip begins in Oklahoma City in the morning and reaches Fort Worth in the early afternoon. It leaves Fort Worth during the afternoon rush for an evening return to Oklahoma City. Future plans call for the train's northern terminus to be extended from Oklahoma City to Newton, Kansas with increased frequency along the original route by 2029.
The Heartland Flyer runs north-south between Fort Worth Central Station and the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City. The southbound run departs Oklahoma City around mid-morning and arrives in Fort Worth around midday. The northbound run leaves Fort Worth later that afternoon and arrives back in Oklahoma City that night. Its schedule allows passengers to spend an afternoon in Fort Worth without having to spend the night. At its south end, the train connects to the rest of the Amtrak systems to the Texas Eagle. Additionally, there is Thruway bus service between Oklahoma City and Newton, Kansas, with one stop in Wichita. The service connects the train to the Southwest Chief.
The train operates over lines formerly owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway before it became the BNSF Railway:
Additionally, the train utilizes the Trinity Railway Express commuter line between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas for its "Big Game Train" runs. Most of the route has a maximum speed limit of 79 mph (127 km/h).
The Heartland Flyer uses equipment from Amtrak's national fleet, typically two General Electric Genesis locomotives and two or three Superliner railcars.[citation needed] One of the Superliner cars is a snack coach with seating on the upper level of the car and a small Café area on the lower level. Previously, the Heartland Flyer used a combination of Hi-Level and Superliner railcars.[citation needed]
For many years, the train was powered by only one locomotive with a Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU) on the opposite end of the train to facilitate bi-directional travel. In 2009, the NPCU was replaced with a standard Genesis P42DC, giving the train locomotive power on both ends. The train returned to having an NPCU in 2015 until an accident in 2017 took one NPCU out of operation so the train alternated between both configurations. It later returned to having locomotive power on both ends.[citation needed]
From April 2010 to April 2011, Amtrak and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation carried out a research project to run the train on a biodiesel blend known as B20 (20% pure biofuel and 80% diesel).
Heartland Flyer
The Heartland Flyer is a daily passenger train that follows a 206-mile (332 km) route between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas. It is operated by Amtrak and jointly funded by the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
The train's daily round-trip begins in Oklahoma City in the morning and reaches Fort Worth in the early afternoon. It leaves Fort Worth during the afternoon rush for an evening return to Oklahoma City. Future plans call for the train's northern terminus to be extended from Oklahoma City to Newton, Kansas with increased frequency along the original route by 2029.
The Heartland Flyer runs north-south between Fort Worth Central Station and the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City. The southbound run departs Oklahoma City around mid-morning and arrives in Fort Worth around midday. The northbound run leaves Fort Worth later that afternoon and arrives back in Oklahoma City that night. Its schedule allows passengers to spend an afternoon in Fort Worth without having to spend the night. At its south end, the train connects to the rest of the Amtrak systems to the Texas Eagle. Additionally, there is Thruway bus service between Oklahoma City and Newton, Kansas, with one stop in Wichita. The service connects the train to the Southwest Chief.
The train operates over lines formerly owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway before it became the BNSF Railway:
Additionally, the train utilizes the Trinity Railway Express commuter line between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas for its "Big Game Train" runs. Most of the route has a maximum speed limit of 79 mph (127 km/h).
The Heartland Flyer uses equipment from Amtrak's national fleet, typically two General Electric Genesis locomotives and two or three Superliner railcars.[citation needed] One of the Superliner cars is a snack coach with seating on the upper level of the car and a small Café area on the lower level. Previously, the Heartland Flyer used a combination of Hi-Level and Superliner railcars.[citation needed]
For many years, the train was powered by only one locomotive with a Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU) on the opposite end of the train to facilitate bi-directional travel. In 2009, the NPCU was replaced with a standard Genesis P42DC, giving the train locomotive power on both ends. The train returned to having an NPCU in 2015 until an accident in 2017 took one NPCU out of operation so the train alternated between both configurations. It later returned to having locomotive power on both ends.[citation needed]
From April 2010 to April 2011, Amtrak and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation carried out a research project to run the train on a biodiesel blend known as B20 (20% pure biofuel and 80% diesel).
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