T&P Station

Texas and Pacific Station
TRE and TEX Rail commuter rail
Location 1600 Throckmorton Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Fort Worth Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Trinity Railway Express
  TEX Rail
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections The T Routes 4 (M-Sat), and 6 (M-Sat)
Construction
Parking Free park and ride accessible nearby (no overnight parking)
Disabled access Yes
Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick
Architectural style Art Deco
Other information
Fare zone Western TRE Fare Zone
History
Opened 1930 (T&P), December 3, 2001 (TRE)
Closed 1967
Rebuilt 1999 (station building)
Services
  Future services  
Preceding station   FWTA   Following station
TerminusTEX Rail
toward DFW Airport
  Current services  
Preceding station   Trinity Railway Express   Following station
TerminusTrinity Railway Express
toward Dallas
  Former services  
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
Saginaw
toward Denver
Denver – Houston
toward Houston
Official name Texas and Pacific Terminal Complex
Designated May 26, 1978
Reference no. 78002983[1]
Designated 1980
Reference no. 5243

Texas and Pacific Station, commonly known as T&P Station, is a Trinity Railway Express and under-construction TEX Rail commuter railroad station located at 1600 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas, on the south side of downtown. It is the western terminus of the TRE commuter line, serving the Fort Worth Convention Center, the Fort Worth Water Gardens, Sundance Square and Tarrant County government facilities. T&P Station features free parking (unlike the nearby Fort Worth ITC Station) which can be accessed from West Vickery Boulevard.

History

The current Texas & Pacific Station building was built by the Texas and Pacific Railway. It opened on October 25, 1931,[2] as a replacement for an earlier station.[3] It was designed in the Zigzag Moderne Art Deco style popular at the time. The opulent lobby features marble floors, metal-inlaid panel ceilings, and nickel and brass fixtures, incorporating the zigzags and chevrons distinctive of the style. The terminal facilities also included the larger Texas & Pacific Warehouse one block to the west, built in the same style as the station.

The station declined along with the rest of the Lancaster Avenue area when the elevated portion of Interstate 30 was built in 1958, effectively separating the area from downtown. The railroad vacated the terminal in 1967 when passenger service in Fort Worth ended and the Department of Housing and Urban Development became the exclusive tenant from the early 1970s until the late 1990s.

The passenger area of the station, which had not been occupied by HUD and was virtually untouched since 1967, was restored to its former beauty in 1999 at a cost of $1.4 million. Passenger service resumed at Texas & Pacific station on December 3, 2001 with the TRE's extension into Fort Worth.

Future plans

The demolition of the elevated highway in 2002 opened the Lancaster Avenue area for redevelopment. The upper floors of the T&P station have been renovated and are available for purchase as condominiums. The building's facade also underwent renovation and a new parking facility was built on the south side of the building. The historic diner on the ground floor was renovated and converted into a bar called the T&P Tavern. The T&P Warehouse building has not yet been renovated and is currently vacant; in July 2007, after nearly four years of negotiations, the city of Fort Worth contracted with Dallas developer Cleopatra Investments to begin residential development, slated for completion in 2012. However, economic conditions and construction-related issues have delayed the project.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Roark, C. and Williams, B. (1995) Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks. TCU Press. p. 173.
  3. ↑ [File:Texas and Pacific Passenger Station, Fort Worth, Texas.jpg 1909 Postcard of former Texas and Pacific Passneger Station, Fort Worth, Texas (Wikimedia Commons)]
  4. ↑ Baker, Sandra. "T&P Warehouse owners are given another extension", July 7, 2011, accessed September 7, 2011.
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