[2] An interurban service from Dallas to Denton had been proposed in 1906,[3] but it was 1923 before the company Strickland, Calder and Hobson, who were to become the Texas Interurban Railway Company, began work on the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (Katy) branch between Dallas and Denton.

[4] After a legal battle with landowners in Dallas, the inaugural trip was made on September 30, 1924.

A public service started the next day, costing $1.25 for a one-way ticket and $2.40 for a return ($22 and $43 in 2023 adjusted for inflation).

[4] The 33-mile (53 km) line had 25 stops,[2] with city termini on branches off the Katy line;[5] in Denton the brick terminal was built at the corner of Ash (Austin) and McKinney streets.

[9] The rail service was withdrawn on March 13, 1932, after the Dallas Union Trust Company foreclosed on the Texas Interurban Railway.