Trinity Lakes station

Trinity Lakes station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station. The station is located in eastern Fort Worth, Texas, on the border with Hurst, Texas, just to the east of Interstate 820 and north of Trinity Boulevard. The station is a part of Trinity Lakes, a 1,600-acre master planned mixed-use transit-oriented development.

The station is a park-and-ride lot. A bus route operated by Trinity Metro connects the station to Tarrant County College Northeast Campus in Hurst, Texas.

The station, which opened on February 19, 2024, replaced Richland Hills station, which was located 0.8 mi to the west.

History


In 2012, the city of Fort Worth created a tax increment financing district for Trinity Lakes, a proposed mixed-use transit-oriented development adjacent to the Trinity Railway Express commuter rail service. A TRE station was proposed for the development, and it was speculated as a potential replacement for Richland Hills station as early as 2015.

Formal plans for a station at Trinity Lakes began in 2018, with Richland Hills initially slated for closure in 2020. The decision to close Richland Hills station was also due in part to the city of Richland Hills choosing to discontinue public transport services with Trinity Metro. Regardless, the location of the station was also selected in part due to its proximity to Richland Hills. Following delays, construction on the Trinity Lakes station began in February 2023, with Trinity Railway Express implementing temporary service changes on February 13, 2023, and Trinity Metro on its Route 23 on February 27, 2023, to accommodate for the construction. Construction on the station, which was entirely federally funded, cost $26.7 million, which sits atop the site of a former sand and gravel mine. Richland Hills station would close on February 17, 2024, two days before the opening of Trinity Lakes station, which opened on February 19, 2024.