Trinity Lakes station

Trinity Lakes station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station. The station is located in eastern Fort Worth, Texas, on the border with Hurst, Texas, just to the east of Interstate 820 and north of Trinity Boulevard. The station is a part of Trinity Lakes, a 1,600-acre master planned mixed-use transit-oriented development.^[2]

Trinity Lakes
General information
Location	7979 Trinity Boulevard Fort Worth, Texas 76053, US^[1]
Coordinates	32°48′20″N 97°12′34″W / 32.8055°N 97.2095°W / 32.8055; -97.2095
Owned by	Trinity Metro
Line(s)	Trinity Railway Express
Platforms	2 side platforms^[2]^[3]
Tracks	2^[2]^[3]
Connections	Trinity Metro: 23 (M-F), 55 (M-Sun)^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade^[2]
Parking	500 spaces^[1]^[7]
Accessible	Yes^[1]
Other information
Fare zone	West^[1]
History
Opened	February 19, 2024^[2]
Services
Preceding station Trinity Railway Express Following station Fort Worth Central Station toward T&P Station Trinity Railway Express Bell toward Dallas Union Station

The station is a park-and-ride lot. A bus route operated by Trinity Metro connects the station to Tarrant County College Northeast Campus in Hurst, Texas.^[4][5][6]

The station, which opened on February 19, 2024,^[2] replaced Richland Hills station, which was located 0.8 miles (1.3 km)^[8] to the west.^[9]

History

 

Signage at CentrePort/DFW Airport announcing the closure and replacement of Richland Hills station.

In 2012, the city of Fort Worth created a tax increment financing district for Trinity Lakes, a proposed mixed-use transit-oriented development adjacent to the Trinity Railway Express commuter rail service.^[10] A TRE station was proposed for the development, and it was speculated as a potential replacement for Richland Hills station as early as 2015.^[11]

Formal plans for a station at Trinity Lakes began in 2018, with Richland Hills initially slated for closure in 2020.^[8] The decision to close Richland Hills station was also due in part to the city of Richland Hills choosing to discontinue public transport services with Trinity Metro. Regardless, the location of the station was also selected in part due to its proximity to Richland Hills.^[7] Following delays, construction on the Trinity Lakes station began in February 2023, with Trinity Railway Express implementing temporary service changes on February 13, 2023, and Trinity Metro on its Route 23 on February 27, 2023, to accommodate for the construction.^[12][13][14] Construction on the station, which was entirely federally funded, cost $26.7 million,^[15] which sits atop the site of a former sand and gravel mine.^[3][9] Richland Hills station would close on February 17, 2024, two days before the opening of Trinity Lakes station,^[16] which opened on February 19, 2024.^[2]

References

1. "Stations - Trinity Railway Express". Trinity Railway Express. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
2. "Trinity Lakes Station". Trinity Railway Express. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
3. Moore-Carillo, Jaime (February 21, 2024). "TRE has a new train stop in Fort Worth. Will it spur major growth on this side of city?". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. McClatchy. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
4. "Route 023 - TCC Northeast Campus/TRE". Trinity Metro. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
5. "Route 23 to accommodate Trinity Lakes Station". Trinity Metro. February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
6. "Trinity Railway Express opens a new station in Fort Worth, closes another". KXAS-TV. NBC Owned Television Stations. February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
7. Arauz Peña, Pablo (February 15, 2024). "New Trinity Lakes train station opening along the TRE in Fort Worth". KERA News. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
8. Dickson, Gordon (December 11, 2018). "Can a train station turn this ugly part of Fort Worth into a smokin' hot neighborhood?". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company – via NewsBank.
9. Sadek, Sandra (December 10, 2023). "$26 million rail station could spur development in northeast Fort Worth". Fort Worth Report. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
10. Nishimura, Scott (November 14, 2012). "Trinity project developer has grand ambition". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. pp. B – via NewsBank.
11. "Richland Hills again looks for exit from T - Transit agency should look at its options for rail station". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The McClatchy Company. March 23, 2015 – via NewsBank.
12. "TRE Announces Schedule Changes for Trinity Lakes Station Construction". Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
13. Senese, Kyra (February 8, 2023). "Trinity Railway Express to Begin Trinity Lakes Station Construction". Railway Track & Structures. Simmons-Boardman Publishing. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
14. Prince, Kendra (February 24, 2023). "Trinity Metro Bus Route 23 Changes". Tarrant County College News. Tarrant County College. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
15. Johnson, Hannah (October 6, 2022). "Trinity Metro's budgeted capital improvement projects scheduled to provide 2-mile line extensions, new station". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
16. "Trinity Lakes Station opens Feb. 19". Trinity Metro. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

External links

• Stations - Trinity Railway Express