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Fort Worth, TX
inter-city rail station
Santa Fe Depot in 2017
General information
Location	1501 Jones Street, Fort Worth, Texas USA
History
Opened	1900
Closed	2002
Rebuilt	1938
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Heartland Flyer Gainesvilletoward Oklahoma City Cleburnetoward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Dallastoward Chicago Cleburnetoward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Cleburnetoward Houston Lone Star Gainesvilletoward Chicago DallasTerminus Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station Justintoward Purcell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe RailwayMain Line Crowleytoward Galveston Primrosetoward San Angelo San Angelo – Dallas DallasTerminus Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station Irvingtoward Teague Teague – Minneapolis  Saginawtoward Minneapolis
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1501 Jones Street, Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates	32°44′57″N 97°19′26″W / 32.74917°N 97.32389°W / 32.74917; -97.32389
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1899 (1899)
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	70000760
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1970

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 and renovated in 1938. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

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.

Prior service

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.

Notable passenger trains servicing the station included the Kansas Cityan (Chicago to Dallas), the Texas Chief (Chicago to Galveston), and the Twin Star Rocket (Dallas to Minneapolis).

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tarrant County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Tarrant County

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Fort Worth Architecture - Ashton Depot
3. "Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
4. "Fort Worth, Texas (FTW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)". Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
5. 'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1936, Index of Stations
6. ^ "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Tables 41, 43". Official Guide of the Railways. 97 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1964.
7. "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, Table 41". Official Guide of the Railways. 97 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1964.

External links

• The Ashton Depot website
• Amtrak: A Closer Look: Fort Worth Union Depot
• Ashton Depot - Architecture in Fort Worth
• Media related to Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station at Wikimedia Commons

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