Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station is located on 1501 Jones Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The depot was built by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad (a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) in 1900[2] and renovated in 1938. It was originally called the Fort Worth Union Depot. Other tenant railroads at the station were the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway (a subsidiary of Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway or 'Rock Island'), the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ('Frisco') and the Southern Pacific Railroad.[3]

Fort Worth, TX
inter-city rail station
Santa Fe Depot in 2017
Location1501 Jones Street, Fort Worth, Texas
USA
History
Closed2001
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Cleburne
toward Laredo or Houston
 Inter-American Dallas
toward Chicago
Cleburne
toward Houston
 Lone Star Gainesville
toward Chicago
Dallas
Terminus
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Justin
toward Purcell
 Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Main Line
 Crowley
toward Galveston
Primrose
toward San Angelo
 San Angelo – Dallas Dallas
Terminus
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station
Saginaw
toward Minneapolis
 Minneapolis – Houston Irving
toward Dallas or Houston
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station
Location1501 Jones Street,
Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates32°44′57″N 97°19′26″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1899 (1899)
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.70000760[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1970

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[4] From 1973 to 1995, it was used as an Amtrak station. In 2002, it passed into private ownership, and became an 800-seat venue for weddings, corporate dinners, and other special events, under the name "Ashton Depot".[5]

There was an additional Fort Worth station, hosted by the Texas & Pacific Railway on W. Lancaster Avenue, the T&P Station.[6]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Fort Worth Architecture - Ashton Depot
  3. 'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1936, Index of Stations
  4. "Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  5. "History" at Ashton Depot website; retrieved 2013-12-23.
  6. The Great Union Stations, 'Fort Worth's Passenger Trains of the Past' https://www.chicagorailfan.com/stbcftw.html


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