An on-demand service operated by Trinity Metro connects the station to Tarrant County College Northeast Campus in Hurst.

[2] Richland Hills joined the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (FWTA, now Trinity Metro) in May 1992.

[11] The Richland Hills station served as the western terminus of the TRE until its extension to Downtown Fort Worth on December 3, 2001.

[18] Formal plans for a station at Trinity Lakes began in 2018, with Richland Hills initially slated for closure in 2020.

[19][20][21] Construction on the station, which was entirely federally funded, cost $26.7 million,[22] which sits atop the site of a former sand and gravel mine.