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| Location | 1001 Jones Street Fort Worth, Texas United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°45′10″N97°19′35″W / 32.7527°N 97.3264°W /32.7527; -97.3264 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Trinity Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform, 1island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Amtrak,Trinity Metro,TRE,TEXRail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Greyhound Bus Lines Trinity Metro:1,2,5,6,11,12,46,61X (M-F),63X (M-F),65X (M-F),89, =Blue Line,Orange Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak:FTW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | TRE West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 12, 2002 (2002-01-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 136,888[2] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fort Worth Central Station (Amtrak:FTW) is anintermodal transit center in downtownFort Worth, Texas. It serves twocommuter rail lines (TEXRail andTrinity Railway Express), twoAmtrakintercity rail lines (Texas Eagle andHeartland Flyer), andGreyhoundintercity bus. It also serves as the main transfer center forTrinity Metro, Fort Worth'spublic bus system.
It is located at the corner of 9th Street and Jones Street on the east side ofDowntown Fort Worth. It is the busiest Amtrak station in Texas by ridership, with 136,888 passengers in FY 2025.[2]
The station has twenty bus bays and three rail tracks. TEXRail boards from Track 1 regardless of direction, while TRE boards from either Track 1 or 2. Amtrak trains board from Track 3. Greyhound buses board through a separate terminal on the opposite side of the building.
The station's interior contains restrooms, vending machines, a passenger service kiosk, and aSubway restaurant.[3]
The station contains a set of five brickbas-reliefs depicting a former black-owned commercial district, which had existed at the station site from the Civil War to the 1940s. The reliefs were created by Denton-based artist Paula Blincoe Collins.[4]
A restoredinterurban car, previously used by theNorthern Texas Traction Company, is also on display.[1]
Prior to the station's opening, transit services operated without a unified hub in downtown Fort Worth. Local bus lines (then branded as The T) converged at atransit mall along Houston Street and Throckmorton Street, while Amtrak and Greyhound Lines serviced theGulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station on Jones Street.[5][6]
In the 1990s, city leaders planned to create a unified transportation hub with the goal of encouraging train and bus usage, which would reduce pollution and traffic congestion.[7] In 1991, the project received a $13.4 million federal grant due to theIntermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.[8] Original plans called for the historicTexas & Pacific Station to be renovated.[9] However, the city ultimately decided to build a new station at the corner of 9th and Jones namedFort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (abbreviatedFort Worth-ITC). This new location was selected because it was closer to both the central business district and local attractions such asSundance Square.[7]
On December 3, 2001, theTrinity Railway Express line (TRE) was extended fromRichland Hills to T&P Station. TRE service included a stop at Fort Worth-ITC, though the station building was not completed until January 12, 2002.[1]
On June 30, 2006, Greyhound Bus Lines began service to the station.[10]
On January 10, 2019,TEXRail began service to the station.
On March 25, 2019, the Trinity Metro board of directors unanimously voted to rename Fort Worth-ITC to Fort Worth Central Station.[11] The TRE announcement system continued to use the original name until the fall of 2024.
In June 2023, Amtrak applied for funding for a new rail corridor between Fort Worth andMeridian, Mississippi. The corridor would follow theInterstate 20 right-of-way and would be used for a branch of Amtrak'sCrescent train, which currently provides service betweenNew York City andNew Orleans.[12] Fort Worth Central would serve as the western terminus of the route.
Media related toFort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons
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