Hurst Train Depot

In 1903, the Rock Island Railroad approached William Letchworth Hurst, better known as "Uncle Billy," about laying track across a strip of land he owned for a line between Fort Worth and Dallas. In return for the right-of-way across the Hurst farm, the railroad agreed to build a depot and name it Hurst. At its peak, the depot served as a telegraph station and had an area for housing, cattle pens, and a warehouse. In 1909, six trains ran through Hurst from Dallas and Fort Worth. The depot stood at the southwest corner of the tracks and present-day Harmon Drive, which at the time extended to the tracks. Today, Kelly-Moore Paint Company owns the land, and the Trinity Railway Express passes the original train depot site.

Fort Worth, Texas · United States