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The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [8] Construction began in May 2014, [9] and service began on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area's integrated public transit brand RideKC, and is operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority.
The first electric streetcar operated in Kansas City on September 6, 1889. [7] By 1908, all but one of Kansas City's streetcar routes had been converted to electricity. [1] When the Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS) was created in 1925, it inherited over 700 streetcars that had been owned and operated by private companies. [5]
The new route, which will extend streetcar service along Main Street from Union Station to the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus, is expected to begin carrying riders in 2025 after months ...
KC Streetcar Authority is anticipating that the Main Street extension will be opened to riders sometime in 2025. In this file photo from mid-August, a streetcar rolled on tracks down Main Street ...
♦ Kansas City: Horse ? ? Cable June 15, 1885 October 13, 1913 Electric September 6, 1889 1957 Streetcar system served Kansas City, North Kansas City and Independence, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Kingman: Horse 1887 1890 Larned: Horse 1887 1893 Lawrence: Horse 1871 1899 Electric 1909 1933 ♦ Leavenworth: Horse 1887
Last year, the Kansas City Streetcar Authority conducted a customer survey of its riders. Almost 9 in 10 riders indicated their overall rating of the streetcar was “very” or “somewhat ...
The RideKC brand was adopted in August 2014 by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, operators of the KC Streetcar line then under construction in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] [2] The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority adopted RideKC in November, [3] followed by Johnson County Transit, IndeBus and Unified Government Transit.
A map of a proposed east-west streetcar route shows 16 stops between Van Brunt Boulevard and the University of Kansas Health System. Here’s how transit officials say it might look.