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The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [7] Construction began in May 2014, [8] 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 KC Streetcar rolled back into service Tuesday evening after crews completed a critical track tie-in connecting the downtown Kansas City route with the Main Street extension, the streetcar ...
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 buckling of one of the Kansas City Streetcar rails could be a sign of future impacts of climate change on infrastructure in the metro, as well as around the world. Heat puts KC Streetcar out ...
♦ 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
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.
Kansas City Public Service Company (1926-1960) Kansas City Transit (1960-1969), a name change for the Public Service Company; Kansas City acquired 184 PCC streetcars after 1941, but streetcar operations ceased in June 1957. Over the history of streetcar operations, there were 25 streetcar routes in Kansas City operating on 318 miles of track.