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Heartland Flyer extension to Newton
Heartland Flyer extension from Oklahoma City to Newton, in service development planning
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- Buyer
- Kansas Department of Transportation, Multimodal Transportation and Innovation
- Where
- Kansas · Newton
- Segments
- Track, Civil works
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
- Status
- Planned — KDOT is in service development planning; no construction funding is committed.
- Value band
- $311m to $573m (KDOT capital estimates) · $100–500m (USD, for comparison)
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Corridor id period start April 2024 · Corridor id period end October 2026 · Kdot cost briefing December 2024 · Kdot legislative briefing February 2025 · Target service February 2025
Next step
Recorded award: KDOT — Corridor ID award for the Heartland Flyer corridor to Newton (April 2024)
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- Key dates (5)
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- Note on the figure
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5 sources · 1 primary
- ○ Trains: Kansas officials say extension of Heartland Flyer could cost up to $573 million · Trade-press report of KDOT's 11 December 2024 briefing: $311 million basic infrastructure ($175 million Kansas, $136 million Oklahoma), $573 million for 79-mph running; 198 miles on BNSF's route between Newton and Oklahoma City; Kansas Legislature had set aside $5 million. Secondary (published 2024-12-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: FRA Corridor ID award to KDOT (Heartland Flyer corridor) · Award 69A36524520390FSPKS, $500,000, assistance listing 20.326, 8 April 2024 to 31 October 2026; scope names Edmond, Perry and Ponca City, Oklahoma and Arkansas City, Wichita and Newton, Kansas (published 2024-05-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ KWCH: Kansas confident in Heartland Flyer extension despite concerns · Television report of KDOT's 26 February 2025 briefing to the Legislature's rail caucus: operations still set for 2029; a bill would allocate $20 million to a rail fund over four years. Secondary (published 2025-02-26 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Trains: Kansas DOT holds public meeting on Heartland Flyer extension · Trade-press report of KDOT's online public meeting on the Oklahoma City to Newton extension: service development plan analysis under way, working group with BNSF and Amtrak, target of 2029. Secondary (published 2023-11-10 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ KSHB: Kansas City mayor eyes commuter rail expansion as KDOT looks at Amtrak extension · Television report of March 2026: KDOT says it is evaluating the Heartland Flyer extension; money has moved from the state general fund to KDOT for the extension's operating costs, per an advocacy group's account. Secondary (published 2026-03-19 · checked 2026-10-08)
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