Classic route
Heartland Flyer
Oklahoma City → Fort Worth · United States
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Oklahoma’s only Amtrak train and the sole daily rail link into Texas, timed at Fort Worth to meet the Chicago–LA Texas Eagle.
Stations
- 0 kmOklahoma City
- 29 kmNorman
- 54 kmPurcell
- 89 kmPauls Valley
- 161 kmArdmore
- 225 kmGainesville
- 330 kmFort Worth Central
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9161443 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Amtrak · ODOT/TxDOT — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Heartland Flyer?
The Heartland Flyer runs 332 km from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth.
How long does the Heartland Flyer take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 332 km. That is an average of 83 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the Heartland Flyer?
Amtrak, ODOT and TxDOT, with Superliner, GE P42DC.
How old is the Heartland Flyer?
The line has been in service since 1999. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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