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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.
American Royal Zephyr #56 departed Kansas City at 10:00 pm, arriving in Chicago at 7:30 am. Westbound counterpart #55 operated on a mirrored schedule, departing the Windy City at 10:00 pm and arriving in Kansas City at 7:30 am. Both trains covered the 466 mile route at an average pace of 49 mph.
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]
Work continues on the KC Wheel, a 150-foot tall ferris wheel with 36 climate-controlled gondolas, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Kansas City.
The Missouri River Runner is a 283-mile (455 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak in Missouri between Gateway Transportation Center in St. Louis and Union Station in Kansas City. The eastern half of the route runs largely along the right bank of the Missouri River .
See this week’s schedule of high school football games across the Kansas City metro as playoff action gets underway.
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Kansas City Union Station. The railway was created after a series of floods in 1903, 1904, and 1908 inundated the West Bottoms each time and temporarily closed the Union Depot there. The 12 original trunk railways of the city at the time joined to build the new Kansas City Union Station and to coordinate the bridges and switches that serve the ...