Hurst/Bell (TRE station)

Bell Station
Location 3232 Bell Spur Drive
Hurst, Texas 76053
Coordinates 32°48′17″N 97°09′18″W / 32.8046°N 97.1551°W / 32.8046; -97.1551Coordinates: 32°48′17″N 97°09′18″W / 32.8046°N 97.1551°W / 32.8046; -97.1551
Owned by Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Fort Worth Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Trinity Railway Express
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking free, no overnight
Bicycle facilities bike lockups
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone Western TRE Fare Zone
History
Opened September 16, 2000[1]
Services
Preceding station   Trinity Railway Express   Following station
toward T&P
Trinity Railway Express
toward Dallas

Bell Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located in Fort Worth, Texas on Bell Spur Drive at Trinity Boulevard (between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas). It opened on September 16, 2000, and is a station on the TRE commuter line, serving the city of Hurst, Texas and the main plant of Bell Helicopter Textron (which is physically located in Fort Worth, across the street from the station).

It is also the closest station to Arlington, Texas at about 7.4 miles (11.9 km) from the city's geographic center. And although popular myth states that it is the only TRE station not located in a member city of either Dallas Area Rapid Transit or Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Hurst), maps published by Mapsco, Rand McNally, and Google show the station to be clearly within the city limits of Fort Worth, several hundred feet from the city's border with Hurst.

References

  1. ↑ Ellis, Tiara M. (September 16, 2000). "Rail line inaugurates new service today: Cities getting transit connection to Dallas, Fort Worth marking day with celebrations". The Dallas Morning News.


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