Fort Worth Central Station

Fort Worth Central Station is an intermodal transit center in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It serves the TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) commuter rail lines, Amtrak intercity rail, Greyhound Lines intercity bus, and as the main transfer center for Trinity Metro buses. It is located at the corner of 9th and Jones Streets, on the east side of downtown Fort Worth. TRE service began on December 3, 2001, Amtrak service followed in 2002, and most recently TEXRail began service in 2019.

Fort Worth Central Station
TRE train arrives at Fort Worth Central Station
Location	1001 Jones Street Fort Worth, Texas 76102 United States
Coordinates	32°45′10″N 97°19′35″W
Owned by	Trinity Metro
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	Amtrak, Trinity Metro, TRE
Connections	Trinity Metro
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: FTW
Fare zone	TRE West
History
Opened	January 12, 2001
Passengers
2019	107,900 [1]  0.65% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Heartland Flyer Gainesville toward Oklahoma City Cleburne toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Dallas toward Chicago Preceding station Trinity Railway Express Following station T&P Station Terminus Trinity Railway Express Richland Hills toward Dallas Union Station Preceding station Trinity Metro Following station T&P Station Terminus TEXRail North Side toward DFW Airport/Terminal B

History

UTA Fort Worth Santa Fe Station with Ashton Depot

Fort Worth Central Station

Fort Worth Central Station opened on December 12, 2001 as the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC). Prior to the ITC's opening, transit services operated independently without a unified hub in downtown Fort Worth. Trinity Metro bus lines converged at a transit mall along the one-way couplet corridor of Houston Street and Throckmorton Street, Amtrak and Greyhound Lines were served by the former Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station, built in 1900.[2][3]

Fort Worth Central Station is located north of two former railroad stations: the Santa Fe Freight Building, built in 1938, now serving as the University of Texas at Arlington's Fort Worth Education Center,[4] and the 1889 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station which was renovated and renamed to the Fort Worth Union Depot which later served as Fort Worth's Amtrak station from 1971 to 2002. This building is now a party/banquet facility called Ashton Depot following a recent restoration.[5]

TEXRail began service to Fort Worth Central Station on January 10, 2019.

On March 25, 2019, the Trinity Metro board of directors unanimously voted to rename the ITC as Fort Worth Central Station.[6]

Service

• Amtrak:Texas Eagle, Heartland Flyer
• Greyhound Lines
• TEXRail
• Trinity Metro
• Trinity Railway Express

References

1. "Amtrak service in Fort Worth, TX" (PDF). Rail Passengers Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
2. Fort Worth Architecture - Ashton Depot
3. Tarrant County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
4. Fort Worth Architecture - Santa Fe Freight Building
5. Ashton Depot
6. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/traffic/honkin-mad-blog/article228436424.html

External links

• Media related to Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons
• TRE - Fort Worth ITC Station
• Amtrak - Texas Eagle Stations - Fort Worth, TX

• Fort Worth, TX – Amtrak
• Fort Worth Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Fort Worth, Texas (FTW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
• UTA Fort Worth Education Center