(The Associated Press circulated the following on May 20.)
OKLAHOMA CITY — The City Council in Oklahoma City is now formally in support of a plan to extend Amtrak north from the city to Newton, Kan., just north of Wichita.
Newton is connected to Chicago and Los Angeles and would make passenger rail service a more viable form of alternative transportation for Oklahomans.
The grass-roots group Northern Flyer Alliance that helped save Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, Texas, in 2005 is now leading the push to extend the route north.