| Style: | Amtrak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style2: | Amtrak old | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | inter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Address: | 1501 Jones Street, Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened: | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station (originally Fort Worth Union Depot) is a former passenger train station in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1971 to 2002, it was used as Fort Worth's Amtrak station.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[1] and renovated in 1938. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[2]
In 2002, following the opening of Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center (now Fort Worth Central Station), train service to the station ceased. The station, as well as the adjacent Santa Fe Freight Building, was passed into private ownership. It is currently used as an 800-seat special event venue under the name Ashton Depot.[3]
Alongside the Santa Fe, the station was serviced by the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway (a subsidiary of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, also known as "Rock Island"), the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (also known as the "Frisco"), and the Southern Pacific Railroad.[4]
Notable passenger trains servicing the station included the Kansas Cityan (Chicago to Dallas), the Texas Chief (Chicago to Galveston),[5] and the Twin Star Rocket (Dallas to Minneapolis).[6]