On Monday, the Oklahoma Senate passed HB-1686, a bill to establish the Eastern Flyer Task Force to evaluate the feasibility of establishing passenger rail between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The bill previously passed in the House. The bill now goes back to the House for final consideration and then hopefully on to Governor Fallin for final approval.

The Eastern Flyer Passenger Rail Development Task Force will look at passenger rail service restoration, using state of Oklahoma owned rail property between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. A 100-mile segment between Oklahoma City and Sapulpa was purchased from the BNSF Railway in 1997. The final 18 miles into downtown Tulsa is owned and operated by the BNSF Railway.

For more information on this effort, visit the Passenger Rail Oklahoma website:

Passenger Rail Oklahoma