According to historian Michael Patterson, "the single act for which Billy Hurst is most remembered came just after the turn of the century, around 1903." That was the arrival of the Hurst Train Depot.

William Letchworth Hurst, known as "Uncle Billy," was approached by the Rock Island Railroad for laying track across a strip of land he owned along present-day Highway 183 in Hurst, for a line the railroad company was laying between Fort Worth and Dallas. Uncle Billy gave the railroad the right of way across the farm in return for establishing a stop there, building a depot, and naming it Hurst.
In 1909 there were 3 daily trains running through Hurst from Fort Worth, and 3 more from Dallas. The depot also served as a telegraph station, and the nearest railhead for area ranchers and farmers. E.H. Welch was the first railroad agent & operator in 1903. Jack Loughridge, Grady Walker, and others were among those who served as telegraphers and station masters for another 30 years.
The Hurst Depot was abandoned many years ago. No buildings are left standing. The Trinity Railway Express now passes the site of the old Hurst Train Depot daily, which is why the Texas State Historical Marker was placed in the TRE Hurst/Bell Station - due east of the original site.