The Regional Transportation Authority and Oklahoma City officials are working to make a commuter rail connecting parts of the metro a reality. The train could connect Edmond to Oklahoma City, or even to Norman. While they still have details to work out, the public could have a say in it in the next year. "That’s a conscious decision by the board to say, 'We are going to continue to advance commuter rail transit connecting Edmond, Oklahoma City and Norman,'" Jason Ferbrache, the director of EMBARK OKC, said. Voters could get the chance to greenlight the huge project as early as 2025. It's been an idea for several years, but those behind the effort said the pieces are starting to come together. "We’re working on modeling to figure out how to make freight rail and commuter rail work together," Ferbrache said. The passenger train line through Edmond, OKC and Norman would use existing freight line tracks, but it wouldn't be confined to those."We also have studies underway that are looking at high-capacity transit out to the west to the airport," Ferbrache said. He also said other commuter rail lines are being studied right now. "Then, out to the east to Tinker Air Force Base, our region’s largest employer," Ferbrache said. >> Download the KOCO 5 AppA big part of the process is a transit station near the new OKC Thunder arena that has yet to be built. The idea is to build it on the new property, so it is in close proximity to the Santa Fe Depot. "Bus, rapid-transit service specifically, to serve that area, to complement what’s going on across the street at the Santa Fe Depot," he said. The Regional Transportation Authority hasn't decided on an election date for the project, but they have a meeting later this month to discuss plans for a rail line from downtown OKC to Will Rogers World Airport. Top Headlines How to stay safe from sharks while in the ocean Oklahoma family mourns daughter struck, killed by street racers on I-35 Police arrest teenagers in shooting that injured 3 at Norman apartment complex Husband in Logan County murder-suicide had history of domestic violence, sheriff says Neighbors react to murder-suicide during carpool pickup in Logan County