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 on January 10, 2019. It is the busiest Amtrak station in Texas, by ridership.

Fort Worth Central Station
TRE train arrives at Fort Worth Central Station
General information
Location	1001 Jones Street Fort Worth, Texas United States
Coordinates	32°45′10″N 97°19′35″W / 32.7527°N 97.3264°W / 32.7527; -97.3264Coordinates: 32°45′10″N 97°19′35″W / 32.7527°N 97.3264°W / 32.7527; -97.3264
Owned by	Trinity Metro
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Train operators	Amtrak, Trinity Metro, TRE, TEXRail
Connections	Trinity Metro
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: FTW
Fare zone	TRE West
History
Opened	January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12)
Passengers
FY 2021	59,393^[1] (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). The facility was constructed by Steele-Freeman, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The project manager for Steele-Freeman was Conan Mathson. Prior to the ITC's opening, transit services operated independently without a unified hub in downtown Fort Worth: formerly the Trinity Metro bus lines converged at a transit mall along the one-way couplet corridor of Houston Street and Throckmorton Street, and the Amtrak and Greyhound Lines were served by the former Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station.^[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 Fort Worth Union Depot which served as Fort Worth's Amtrak station from 1971 to 2002 (now a party/banquet facility called Ashton Depot following a recent restoration.)^[5] 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 Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Texas" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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^{[bare URL]}

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, TX – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Fort Worth Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• UTA Fort Worth Education Center