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Fort Worth Central Station (Amtrak: FTW) is an intermodal transit center in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It serves two commuter rail lines ( TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express ), two (later three) Amtrak intercity rail lines ( Texas Eagle , Heartland Flyer and proposed Crescent (train) ), and Greyhound intercity bus .
It is operated by Trinity Metro (formerly Fort Worth Transportation Authority). The line was opened for preview service on December 31, 2018 and started revenue service on January 10, 2019. [3] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 714,800, or about 2,200 per weekday. The new line is worth $1 billion. [4]
The Orange Line, introduced in 2024, connects Downtown Fort Worth to the Fort Worth Stockyards and the North Side TEXRail station. [ 36 ] From 2019 to 2024, Trinity Metro operated The Dash , a shuttle route which connected Fort Worth Central station to the Cultural District and Dickies Arena using red-colored electric buses . [ 37 ]
The Texas & Pacific ran the Louisiana Eagle from New Orleans to Fort Worth, until 1963. [6] A successor night train and a successor day train ran on the route to New Orleans as late as 1968. [ 7 ] Up to the station's waning years, the Texas & Pacific ran the West Texas Eagle section of the Texas Eagle from St. Louis to the station, after ...
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly 350 square miles (910 km 2) into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties. . According to the 2024 United States census estimate, Fort Worth's population was 996,756 making it the fourth-most populous city in the state and the 12th-most populous in the United St
From 1971 to 2002, it was used as Fort Worth's Amtrak station. The Passenger Station and adjacent Santa Fe Freight Building . The depot was built by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , also known as the "Santa Fe") in 1900 [ 2 ] and renovated in 1938.
Part of the International Parkway, a tollway passing through Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. [26] Spur 280: A brief spur freeway connecting US 287 to downtown Fort Worth. [27] Spur 347 Belknap Street Weatherford Street A short spur freeway from the SH 121 / I-35W interchange into downtown Fort Worth. [28] Spur 366 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Fort Worth & Denver Alco 2-8-0 No. 304 at the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum FW&D Engine 501 in Childress, Texas At the railroad's peak in 1944, during the World War II economic boom, the Texas Railroad Commission reported that the FW&DC earned $12,132,515 in freight revenue, $5,839,399 in passenger revenue, and $1,488,095 in other revenue.